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Revision as of 04:45, 14 April 2017

Photo by the late Laurence Poh
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia
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

Ssp. saturata : Male in full breeding plumage
Photo by Alok Tewari
Sat Tal Forest-Alt. 5500 ft, Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, April-2017

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

Female
Photo by wondersf2010
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, November 2009

Diet

Feeds on flowers

References

  1. 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/
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations

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