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Photo © by Romy Ocon
Mt. Makiling, Laguna province, Philippines, May 11, 2006
Anthreptes griseigularis

Identification

Distribution

The Philippines.

Photo © by Romy Ocon
Mt. Makiling, Laguna province, Philippines, May 11, 2006

Taxonomy

This species and Brown-throated Sunbird were recently split from each other. Prior to the split the common species was called Plain-throated Sunbird.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized[1].

  • A. g. birgitae - northern Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro and Catanduanes)
  • A. g. griseigularis - Philippines (Samar, Leyte, Sakuyok, Camiguin Sur, northeast Mindanao)
Photo © by Romy Ocon
Mt. Makiling, Laguna province, Philippines, May 11, 2006

Habitat

Behaviour

Vocalisation

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2021. IOC World Bird List (v11.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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