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| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:green-tailed_sunbird_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Female, subspecies ''A. n. horsfieldii''<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Ranikhet, Alt. 6500 ft., Forest-edge, Uttarakhand [[Himalayas]], [[India]], 15 November 2019]] |
Male 14–15 cm; female 10 cm | Male 14–15 cm; female 10 cm | ||
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| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Green-tailed Sunbird f .jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female, subspecies ''A. n. koelzi''<br />Photo © by {{user|peterday|peterday}}<br />[[Bhutan]], April 2010]] |
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[[Image:Green-tailed-Sunbird-2- Male -Singling -West-Sikkim -2014.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male, subspecies ''nipalensis''<br />Photo © by {{user|Santanu+Manna|Santanu Manna}}<br />Sikkim, [[India]], May 2014]] | [[Image:Green-tailed-Sunbird-2- Male -Singling -West-Sikkim -2014.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male, subspecies ''nipalensis''<br />Photo © by {{user|Santanu+Manna|Santanu Manna}}<br />Sikkim, [[India]], May 2014]] | ||
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Cloud Forest, and secondary growth. Observed at heights between 1500m and 2000m. | Cloud Forest, and secondary growth. Observed at heights between 1500m and 2000m. | ||
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Revision as of 09:23, 24 November 2021
- Aethopyga nipalensis
Identification
Female, subspecies A. n. horsfieldii
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Ranikhet, Alt. 6500 ft., Forest-edge, Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, 15 November 2019
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Ranikhet, Alt. 6500 ft., Forest-edge, Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, 15 November 2019
Male 14–15 cm; female 10 cm
- Long curved bill
- Long tail
Distribution
Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, India, eastern and western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 9 subspecies[1]:
- A. n. horsfieldii:
- A. n. nipalensis:
- A. n. koelzi:
- A. n. victoriae:
- Western Burma (Chin Hills)
- A. n. karenensis:
- South-eastern Burma (Karen Hills)
- A. n. angkanensis: the only subspecies to have the scarlet breast band
- High mountains of northern Thailand (Doi Ang Ka)
- A. n. australis:
- High mountains of southern Peninsula Thailand south of Isthmus of Kra
- A. n. blanci:
- High mountains of Laos
- A. n. ezrai:
- High mountains of southern Vietnam
Habitat
Cloud Forest, and secondary growth. Observed at heights between 1500m and 2000m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet appears to consist of nectar and small arthropods.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-tailed Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-tailed_Sunbird
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
