Hainan Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)

Other Names (World)
Hainan Sunbird, Fork-tailed Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
10 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Swinhoe, 1869

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Hong Kong (China) (B), Laos (B), Vietnam.

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).

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (66)...)

Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) [XC841658]
by Jonathan Martinez from Nanning, Guangxi, China (song)

Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) [XC40941]
by Brian Cox from Tam Dao, Vietnam (song?)

Subspecies
This species and White-flanked Sunbird (Aethopyga eximia) have in the past been placed together in a separate genus, Urodrepanis, but no evidence that they are particularly closely related.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

latouchii Slater, 1891 - South-eastern China (eastern Sichuan east to Fujian, south to Guangxi and Guangdong), northern Vietnam and central Laos. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga latouchii).
christinae Swinhoe, 1869 - Hainan I.
sokolovi Stepanyan, 1985 - Southern Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Hainan Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) - 10 files

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