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Male
Photo © by roch
Jatimulyo, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, 15 September, 2019

Aethopyga mystacalis

Distribution

Endemic to Java.

Taxonomy

Recently split from Aethopyga temminckii (Temminck's Sunbird) which is found in south-western Thailand, the Malaysian peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra. When together, these two were known as Scarlet Sunbird.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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