Apo Sunbird - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by Rob Hutchinson
Mount Kitanglad, Mindanao, Philippines, April 2008

Alternative name: Mount Apo Sunbird

Aethopyga boltoni

Includes: Tboli Sunbird

Identification

12 cm

• Dark grey head
• Olive-green upperparts

Distribution

Mindanao in the Philippines.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• A. b. boltoni:

• Southern Philippines (montane forests of eastern Mindanao)

• A. b. malindangensis:

• Southern Philippines (montane forests of Mount Malindang on western Mindanao)

• A. b. tibolii:

• Southern Philippines (mountains of southern Mindanao) - sometimes split as full species, Tboli Sunbird.

Habitat

Forests above about 1000 m.

Status

Near Threatened in the 2007 IUCN Red List due to its limited range. The habitat is, however, apparently secure (BirdLife International, 2007).

Behaviour

Diet

At the time of editing (2014) there was no information available on their diet. They forage singly, in pairs and in mixed species groups.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. BirdLife International (2007). Species factsheet: Aethopyga boltoni. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 11 February 2008.
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Apo Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Apo_Sunbird

External Links

Search for photos of Apo Sunbird in the gallery

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.