Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)

Other Names (World)
Black-throated Sunbird, Black-breasted Sunbird, Hodgson's Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
11 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1836)

Habitat
Scrub and evergreen forests. From sea-level - 600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Laos (B), Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, 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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (69)...)

Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata) [XC290934]
by Greg Irving from Old road area. Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser), Pahang, Malaysia (call)

Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata) [XC627951]
by Bram Piot from Nam Kat Yorla Pa (waterfall road), Oudomxay, Laos (song)

Subspecies
Geographical variation extremely well marked in some cases, isolated subspecies wrayi perhaps approaching species level. Birds in Cambodia (except south-west) of uncertain racial identity.

Proposed subspecies ariel, described from near Nokrek (in Garo Hills), in north-eastern India, considered inseparable from assamensis.

The following 10 subspecies are recognised:

saturata (Hodgson, 1836) - Himalayas from northern India (Garhwal and Mussoorie) east to Nepal, Bhutan and southern China (south-eastern Xizang).
assamensis (Horsfield, 1840) - North-eastern India, northern Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan).
petersi Deignan, 1948 - Eastern Myanmar, extreme northern Thailand, northern Laos, northern Vietnam and south-eastern China (south-eastern Yunnan, western Guangxi).
galenae Deignan, 1948 - North-western Thailand.
sanguinipectus Walden, 1875 - South-eastern Myanmar.
anomala Richmond, 1900 - Southern Thailand (south to Trang).
wrayi Sharpe, 1887 - Malay Peninsula south of Trang.
ochra Deignan, 1948 - Southern Laos and central Vietnam.
cambodiana Delacour, 1948 - South-western Cambodia.
johnsi Robinson & Kloss, 1919 - Southern Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata) - 10 files

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