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Aethopyga

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Aethopyga
BERJAYA
Vigors's sunbird from Maharashtra, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

Taxonomy

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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

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The genus contains 21 species:[5]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
BERJAYAGrey-hooded sunbirdAethopyga primigeniaPhilippines.
BERJAYAApo sunbirdAethopyga boltoniPhilippines
BERJAYATboli sunbirdAethopyga tiboliisouthern Mindanao in the Philippines
BERJAYALina's sunbirdAethopyga linaraboraeMindanao in the Philippines
Flaming sunbirdAethopyga flagransnorthern Philippines.
BERJAYAMaroon-naped sunbirdAethopyga guimarasensisPhilippines (Negros Island, Panay and Guimaras).
BERJAYAMetallic-winged sunbirdAethopyga pulcherrimaPhilippines.
Elegant sunbirdAethopyga duyvenbodeiIndonesia
BERJAYALovely sunbirdAethopyga shelleyiPhilippines.
BERJAYAHandsome sunbirdAethopyga bellaPhilippines.
BERJAYAMrs. Gould's sunbirdAethopyga gouldiaeBangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, India, Vietnam and Southern China.
BERJAYAGreen-tailed sunbirdAethopyga nipalensisIndian subcontinent, stretching eastwards into parts of Southeast Asia.
BERJAYAWhite-flanked sunbirdAethopyga eximiaIndonesia.
BERJAYAFork-tailed sunbirdAethopyga christinaeChina, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam.
BERJAYABlack-throated sunbirdAethopyga saturataBangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
BERJAYACrimson sunbirdAethopyga siparajaIndia, through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Indonesia and Brunei.
BERJAYAMagnificent sunbirdAethopyga magnificaNegros Island, Panay, Cebu, Tablas Island and Romblon.
BERJAYAVigors's sunbirdAethopyga vigorsiiWestern Ghats of India.
BERJAYAJavan sunbirdAethopyga mystacalisJava and Bali, Indonesia.
BERJAYATemminck's sunbirdAethopyga temminckiiBorneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, and south west Thailand
BERJAYAFire-tailed sunbirdAethopyga ignicaudaBangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet.

References

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  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. (February 2025). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 March 2025.


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