Purple-naped Sunbird (Arachnothera hypogrammica)

Other Names (World)
Purple-naped Spiderhunter, Purple-naped Sunbird, Blue-naped Sunbird, Banded Sunbird(!)

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(M�ller, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical swamp forest, rural gardens, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam (B), Cambodia, China (mainland) (B), Indonesia (B), Laos (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Singapore (E), 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 (44)...)

Purple-naped Sunbird (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum) [XC530083]
by Bram Piot from Pha Ngern valley and viewpoint, Vang Vieng, Vientiane Province, Indonesia (call)

Purple-naped Sunbird (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum) [XC735333]
by Kim Chuah Lim from Lochut, Waeng District, Narathiwat, Thailand (call)

Subspecies
No obvious close relatives. Tongue morphology unique within family, on which grounds this species may even merit placement in its own subfamily.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

lisettae (Delacour, 1926) - Northern Myanmar, southern China (south-western Yunnan), northern Thailand and northern and central Indochina.
nuchale (Blyth, 1843) - Southern Myanmar, southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
mariae (Deignan, 1943) - Southern Indochina, including eastern Cambodia.
natunense (Chasen, 1935) - Northern Natuna Is.
hypogrammicum (M�ller, S, 1843) - Sumatra and Borneo.

References
See References.

Files:

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