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 NT    Red-throated Sunbird* Id (Atlas):
    Anthreptes rhodolaemus

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Anthreptes rhodolaema [BirdLife International (2000)], Anthreptes rhodolaema [BirdLife International (2004)], Anthreptes rhodolaema [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Red-throated Sunbird, Shelley's Sunbird, Red-shouldered Sunbird, Rufous-throated Sunbird

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
12.50 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Shelley, 1878

Habitat
Lowland and hill dipterocarp forest, heath forest, peatswamp and secondary forest, wood pulp and cacao plantations, clearings and coastal vegetation. From sea-level - 790 m.

Range (Guide)
Brunei Darussalam (E) (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Singapore (B), Thailand (B).

Patchily, from extreme southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim) and southern peninsular Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Forest destruction is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

 
Red-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes rhodolaemus) [XC737879]
     by Ding Li Yong from Gunung Nuang Recreational Forest, Hulu Langat District (near Hulu Langat), Selangor, Malaysia (subsong)

 
Red-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes rhodolaemus) [XC772041]
     by id from Taman Botani Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia (call, subsong)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Close to Plain-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) and Grey-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes griseigularis).

Proposed subspecies aeneus, described from eastern Borneo (Labuan Klambu, in Kalimantan), considered indistinguishable from birds in rest of range.


References
See References.


Files:
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