Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)

Other Scientific Names
Cinnyris asiaticus

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
10.50 - 11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Latham, 1790)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry and moist shrubland, dry forest, rural gardens, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B), Bhutan (B), Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Laos (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Oman (B), Pakistan (B), Sri Lanka (B), Thailand (B), United Arab Emirates, Vietnam (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in pairs or small groups.

Food
Mainly nectar but also fruit, insects.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) [XC454341]
by Peter Boesman from Nakhatrana Nana, Kutch, Gujarat, India (call)

Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) [XC854822]
by id from Doi Inthanon National Park, KM 13, Thailand (call, subsong)

Nest
A pouch with a side entrance, composed of this strips of vegetation, lichen, bark bound with cobweb, suspended from a low branch, wires or other man-made objects.

Eggs (Guide)
2. Incubation: 15 - 17 days; by female only.

Subspecies
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Has sometimes been considered to be part of a superspecies that also includes Orange-tufted Sunbird (Cinnyris bouvieri), Palestine Sunbird (Cinnyris osea), Oustalet's Sunbird (Cinnyris oustaleti) and White-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris talatala).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

brevirostris (Blanford, 1873) - Eastern Arabian Peninsula (northern United Arab Emirates, northern and central Oman), and south-eastern Iran, eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan and western India (western Rajasthan and western Gujarat).
asiaticus (Latham, 1790) - India (except western and eastern ), Nepal and Sri Lanka.
intermedius (Hume, 1870) - Eastern India (Assam south to Orissa and northern Andra Pradesh) and Bangladesh east to Myanmar, southern China (southern Yunnan) and Indochina.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) - 10 files

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