Aethopyga

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Aethopyga
 Vigors's sunbird (Aethopyga vigorsii) Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg
Vigors's sunbird from Maharashtra, India
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Aethopyga
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Certhia siparaja
(Crimson sunbird)
Raffles, 1822
Species

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Aethopyga is a genus of birds in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. Species in this genus are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of China. Many species such as the grey-hooded sunbird, Apo sunbird, metallic-winged sunbird, handsome sunbird, and Lina's sunbird are endemic to the Philippines.

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Taxonomy

The genus Aethopyga was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. [1] The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with pugē meaning "rump". [2] The type species was designated as the crimson sunbird by George Robert Gray in 1855. [3] [4]

Species

The genus contains 20 species: [5]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Grey-hooded Sunbird (cropped).jpg Grey-hooded sunbird Aethopyga primigeniaPhilippines.
Mount Apo Sunbird 1.jpg Apo sunbird Aethopyga boltoniPhilippines.
Lina's Sunbird.jpg Lina's sunbird Aethopyga linaraboraeMindanao in the Philippines
Flaming sunbird Aethopyga flagransnorthern Philippines.
Aethopyga guimarasensis.jpg Maroon-naped sunbird Aethopyga guimarasensisPhilippines (Negros Island, Panay and Guimaras).
Metallic-winged Sunbird.jpg Metallic-winged sunbird Aethopyga pulcherrimaPhilippines.
Elegant sunbird Aethopyga duyvenbodeiIndonesia
LOVELY SUNBIRD.jpg Lovely sunbird Aethopyga shelleyiPhilippines.
Handsome sunbird.jpg Handsome sunbird Aethopyga bellaPhilippines.
Aethopyga gouldiae - Doi Ang Khang.jpg Mrs. Gould's sunbird Aethopyga gouldiaeBangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, India, Vietnam and Southern China.
Green-tailed Sunbird Sikkim India.jpg Green-tailed sunbird Aethopyga nipalensisIndian subcontinent, stretching eastwards into parts of Southeast Asia.
White-flanked Sunbird (Aethopyga eximia) male.jpg White-flanked sunbird Aethopyga eximiaIndonesia.
Cha Wei Tai Yang Niao Xiong Xing .jpg Fork-tailed sunbird Aethopyga christinaeChina, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam.
Black-throated Sunbird (8249229694).jpg Black-throated sunbird Aethopyga saturataBangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
20210919-DSC 1005.jpg Crimson sunbird Aethopyga siparajaIndia, through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Indonesia and Brunei.
Magnificent Sunbird Male (cropped).jpg Magnificent sunbird Aethopyga magnificaNegros Island, Panay, Cebu, Tablas Island and Romblon.
Vigor's sunbird.jpg Vigors's sunbird Aethopyga vigorsiiWestern Ghats of India.
Scarlet ( Javan ) Sunbird - Carita MG 3470 (29363983070) (cropped).jpg Javan sunbird Aethopyga mystacalisJava and Bali, Indonesia.
Temminck's Sunbird, Sumatra (36266116742).jpg Temminck's sunbird Aethopyga temminckiiBorneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, and south west Thailand
Fire-tailed-Sunbird East Sikkim India 12.05.2014.jpg Fire-tailed sunbird Aethopyga ignicaudaBangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet.

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References

  1. Cabanis, Jean (1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 103.
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 35. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 19.
  4. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 270.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2024.