Handsome Sunbird (Aethopyga bella)

Other Names (World)
Handsome Sunbird, Lovely Sunbird(!), Shelley's Sunbird(!)

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
8 - 10.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Tweeddale, 1877

Habitat
Lowland and montane rainforest, forest edge, scrub, secondary growth. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Philippines.

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.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Handsome Sunbird (Aethopyga bella) [XC622123]
by Frank Lambert from Nug-As Forest, Alcoy, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines (song)

Handsome Sunbird (Aethopyga bella) [XC79192]
by Albert Lastukhin from Nug-as, Alcoy, Cebu, Philippines (call)

Subspecies
Aethopyga shelleyi (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Lovely Sunbird (Aethopyga shelleyi) and Handsome Sunbird (Aethopyga bella) following Mann (2002).

Forms a superspecies with Lovely Sunbird (Aethopyga shelleyi), previously treated as conspecific. It has been suggested that Elegant Sunbird (Aethopyga duyvenbodei) may be part of this superspecies. Subspecies minuta not well differentiated, and validity has been questioned.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

flavipectus Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 - Northern Luzon, in northern Philippines.
minuta Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - Southern and central Luzon, Polillo Is, Mindoro and Marinduque.
rubrinota McGregor, 1905 - Lubang.
bonita Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - Panay, Masbate, Ticao, Negros and Cebu.
bella Tweeddale, 1877 - Samar, Leyte, Dinagat, Siargao and Mindanao, in eastern and southern Philippines.
arolasi Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - Sulu Archipelago (Jolo and Tawi-Tawi).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Handsome Sunbird (Aethopyga bella) - 10 files

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