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Alternative name: Yellow-bellied Sunbird

Photo by remo
In an orchid garden in Singapore

Cinnyris jugularis

Nectarinia jugularis

[edit] Identification

12cm. Bright yellow underparts, dull brown back forehead, dark, metallic blue-black throat and upper breast.

[edit] Distribution

China, Philippines, Malaysia down to northeast Australia.

Female
Photo by Bobby6425
Nug-as, Alcoy, Cebu, Philippines, November 2008

[edit] Taxonomy

This is one of the many Sunbirds that have recently been moved to the genus Cinnyris from the genus Nectarinia.

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• C. j. andamanicus: Andaman Islands (Bay of Bengal)
• C. j. klossi (blanfordi): Northern Nicobar Islands (Bay of Bengal)
• C. j. proselius: Car Nicobar Island (Bay of Bengal)
• C. j. flammaxillaris: Burma to Thailand, Cambodia and northern Malay Peninsula (south to Penang)
• C. j. ornatus: Southern Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sundas and adjacemt islands
• C. j. rhizophorae: Southern China (southern Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan) and northern Vietnam
• C. j. polyclystus: Enggano Island (off western Sumatra)
• C. j. obscurior: Northern Philippines (montane forests of northern Luzon)
• C. j. jugularis: Southern Luzon, central and southern Philippine Islands
• C. j. aurora: Agutaya, Balabac, Busuanga, Cagayancillo, Culion, Cuyo, Palawan
• C. j. woodi: Sulu Archipelago (southern Philippines)
• C. j. plateni: Sulawesi, Talaud, Salayar and adjacent smaller islands
• C. j. infrenatus: Tukangbesi Island (off Sulawesi)
• C. j. robustirostris: Banggai Island and Sula Island
• C. j. frenatus: Northern Moluccas, Aru and western Papuan Islands, New Guinea and north-eastern Queensland
• C. j. teysmanni: Tanahjampea, Kalao, Bonerate, Kalaotoa and Madu islands
• C. j. buruensis: Buru Island (southern Moluccas)
• C. j. clementiae: Southern Moluccas (Seram, Ambon and adjacent islands)
• C. j. keiensis: Kai Island (Kai Kecil, Kai Besar, Ohimas and Add)
• C. j. idenburgi: North-western New Guinea and Sepik Ramu
• C. j. flavigastra: Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Island

[edit] Habitat

Forest edge, second growth, towns, mangroves, farmlands.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Diet includes mainly nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young.

[edit] Breeding

The male and the female build the flask-shaped nest, with an overhanging porch at the entrance, and a trail of hanging material at the bottom end. The nest is abandoned for about a week before the female returns to lay 1-2 greenish-blue eggs which are incubated for a week. Once hatched, both parents care for the young which fledge after a further two weeks.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID