Aethopyga

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Aethopyga is a genus of birds in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. Species in this genus are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of China. Many species such as the grey-hooded sunbird, Apo sunbird, metallic-winged sunbird, handsome sunbird, and Lina's sunbird are endemic to the Philippines.

Taxonomy

The genus Aethopyga was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with pugē meaning "rump".[2] The type species was designated as the crimson sunbird by George Robert Gray in 1855.[3][4]

Species

The genus contains 21 species:[5]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
File:Grey-hooded Sunbird (cropped).jpg Grey-hooded sunbird Aethopyga primigenia Philippines.
File:Mount Apo Sunbird 1.jpg Apo sunbird Aethopyga boltoni Philippines
File:Tboli Sunbird Female.jpg Tboli sunbird Aethopyga tibolii southern Mindanao in the Philippines
File:Lina's Sunbird.jpg Lina's sunbird Aethopyga linaraborae Mindanao in the Philippines
Flaming sunbird Aethopyga flagrans northern Philippines.
File:Aethopyga guimarasensis.jpg Maroon-naped sunbird Aethopyga guimarasensis Philippines (Negros Island, Panay and Guimaras).
File:Metallic-winged Sunbird.jpg Metallic-winged sunbird Aethopyga pulcherrima Philippines.
Elegant sunbird Aethopyga duyvenbodei Indonesia
File:LOVELY SUNBIRD.jpg Lovely sunbird Aethopyga shelleyi Philippines.
File:Handsome sunbird.jpg Handsome sunbird Aethopyga bella Philippines.
File:Aethopyga gouldiae - Doi Ang Khang.jpg Mrs. Gould's sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, India, Vietnam and Southern China.
File:Green-tailed Sunbird Sikkim India.jpg Green-tailed sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis Indian subcontinent, stretching eastwards into parts of Southeast Asia.
File:White-flanked Sunbird (Aethopyga eximia) male.jpg White-flanked sunbird Aethopyga eximia Indonesia.
File:叉尾太陽鳥 雄性.jpg Fork-tailed sunbird Aethopyga christinae China, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam.
File:Black-throated Sunbird (8249229694).jpg Black-throated sunbird Aethopyga saturata Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
File:20210919-DSC 1005.jpg Crimson sunbird Aethopyga siparaja India, through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Indonesia and Brunei.
File:Magnificent Sunbird Male (cropped).jpg Magnificent sunbird Aethopyga magnifica Negros Island, Panay, Cebu, Tablas Island and Romblon.
File:Vigor's sunbird.jpg Vigors's sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii Western Ghats of India.
File:Scarlet ( Javan ) Sunbird - Carita MG 3470 (29363983070) (cropped).jpg Javan sunbird Aethopyga mystacalis Java and Bali, Indonesia.
File:Temminck's Sunbird, Sumatra (36266116742).jpg Temminck's sunbird Aethopyga temminckii Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, and south west Thailand
File:Fire-tailed-Sunbird East Sikkim India 12.05.2014.jpg Fire-tailed sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet.

References

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