Fire-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
11.50 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

Fire-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda) [XC891120]
by Thijs Fijen from San Ju, Doi Lang, Fang, Chiangmai, Thailand (call)

Fire-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda) [XC100850]
by Timo Janhonen from Sela Pass, Arunachal Pradesh, India (call, song, male calls and song)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies exultans, described from southern China (Salween Divide, in western Yunnan), considered inseparable from nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

ignicauda (Hodgson, 1837) - Northern and north-eastern India (from Rajaji National Park and Garhwal eastern in Himalayas to Arunachal Pradesh, also Meghalaya east to Nagaland and south to Manipur and Chittagongs), Nepal, Bhutan, north-eastern Bangladesh (Sylhet), southern China (southern Xizang, and western Sichuan south to central Yunnan) and northern Myanmar.
flavescens Baker, ECS, 1921 - North-eastern India (Lushai Hills, in eastern Mizoram) and adjacent western Myanmar (Chin Hills).

References
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Files:

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