Fork-tailed sunbird

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Fork-tailed sunbird
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Male
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Female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Aethopyga
Species:
A. christinae
Binomial name
Aethopyga christinae
R. Swinhoe, 1869

The fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) is a bird in the family Nectariniidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1869.

It is found in China, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. These small birds, with decurved bill, call a soft and frequent "zwink-zwink" and a metallic trill. The bird appears in the most commonly used postal stamp of Hong Kong.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Aethopyga christinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T103810484A94566115. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103810484A94566115.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.