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Alternative name: Gould's Sunbird

Male
Photo by Yeshey Dorji
Taba, Western Bhutan, August 2004

Aethopyga gouldiae

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan]], India, Bangladesh
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

Female
Photo by tony.saw
Photographed: La Dat, Vietnam , August 2008

• A. g. gouldiae:

• Himalayas (Sutlej Valley to Arunachal Province and south-eastern Tibet)

• A. g. gouldiae isolata:

• Southern Assam to Bangladesh and north-western Burma (Chin Hills)

• A. g. gouldiae dabryii:

• Western China (Xinjiang to Sichuan and Yunnan) to Burma, northern Laos

• A. g. gouldiae annamensis:

• Southern Laos (Bolavens Plateau) and southern Vietnam (Langbian Plateau)

[edit] Habitat

Mixed Bluepine forest, up to 3600m, and city parks

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links