Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)

Other Names (World)
Green-tailed Sunbird, Yellow-backed Sunbird, Nepal Yellow-backed Sunbird, Green-throated Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
11 - 13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1837)

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

Range (Guide)

Bhutan (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Laos (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (78)...)

Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis) [XC65053]
by Gerard Gorman from Sat Tal, Naini Tal area, Uttarakhand, Vietnam (song)

Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis) [XC78526]
by Mike Nelson from Road between Dochula and Lamperi Royal Botanical Garden, India (call)

Subspecies
Subspecies horsfieldi intergrades with nominate in western Nepal. In India, proposed subspecies griseiceps (from Ghoom, near Darjeeling) considered inseparable from nominate and ripleyi (from Mawryngkneng, in Khasi Hills) synonymized with koelzi.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

horsfieldi (Blyth, 1843) - Western Himalayas in northern India (Mussoorie, in western Uttaranchal) and western Nepal.
nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) - Western Nepal east to Sikkim and Darjeeling (northern India).
koelzi Ripley, 1948 - Bhutan and north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland south to Chittagong Hills) east to southern China (southern Xizang east to central Sichuan and north-western Yunnan) and northern Vietnam.
victoriae Rippon, 1904 - Western Myanmar (Chin Hills).
karenensis Ticehurst, 1939 - South-eastern Myanmar (Karen Hills).
angkanensis Riley, 1929 - North-western Thailand (Doi Inthanon).
australis Robinson & Kloss, 1923 - Southern peninsular Thailand (south of Isthmus of Kra).
blanci Delacour & Greenway, 1939 - Laos.
ezrai Delacour, 1926 - Southern Vietnam (Da Lat Plateau).

References
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Files:

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