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[[Image:black-throated_sunbird_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Ssp. ''saturata'' : Male in full breeding plumage<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br /> Sat Tal Forest-Alt. 5500 ft, Uttarakhand Himalayas, [[India]], April-2017]] | [[Image:black-throated_sunbird_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Ssp. ''saturata'' : Male in full breeding plumage<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br /> Sat Tal Forest-Alt. 5500 ft, Uttarakhand Himalayas, [[India]], April-2017]] | ||
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+ | [[Image:200Black-throated sunbird-female1127.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female <br />Photo by {{user|wondersf2010|wondersf2010 }}<br /> Fraser's Hill, [[Malaysia]], November 2009]] | ||
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Revision as of 04:45, 14 April 2017
- Aethopyga saturata
Identification
11cm
Male: Black head with elongated tail
Female: is plain olive
Distribution
Asia: China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 10 subspecies[1]:
- A. s. saturata: Himalayas (Garhwal to Bhutan and south-eastern Tibet)
- A. s. assamensis: Bangladesh to Assam, northern Burma and south-western China (western Yunnan)
- A. s. galenae: Mountains of north-western Thailand
- A. s. petersi: Eastern Burma to northern Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam and south-eastern Yunnan
- A. s. sanguinipectus: Hills of south-eastern Burma (Karenni and northern Tenasserim)
- A. s. anomala: Hills of southern peninsula Thailand (Phatthalung and Trang)
- A. s. wrayi: Mountains of Malay Peninsula (south of Trang)
- A. s. ochra: Southern Laos (Bolavens Plateau) and central Vietnam (Dakto)
- A. s. cambodiana: Mountains of south-western Cambodia
- A. s. johnsi: Langbian Plateau (southern Vietnam)
Habitat
Lower montane closed rainforests, from 600 to 1800 meters. Urban gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on flowers
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-throated Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-throated_Sunbird
External Links