Fork-tailed 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.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

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

Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) [XC187401]
by Frank Lambert from Fuzhou Forest Park, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China (call)

Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) [XC156631]
by Geoff Carey from Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam (call?)

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
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Files:

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