Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata) [XC240606]
by Peter Boesman from (Phnom Aoral) \u1783\u17bb\u17c6 \u178f\u17d2\u179a\u1796\u17b6\u17c6\u1784\u1787\u17c4, \u179f\u17d2\u179a\u17bb\u1780\u17b1\u179a\u17c9\u17b6\u179b\u17cb, \u1781\u17c1\u178f\u17d2\u178f\u1780\u17c6\u1796\u1784\u17cb\u179f\u17d2\u1796\u17ba, Cambodia (call, song)
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata) [XC94307]
by vir joshi from Kaeng Krachan National Park, Ban Krang, KM 15-18, Phetchaburi, Thailand (call)
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).