Metallic-winged Sunbird (Aethopyga pulcherrima) [XC92689]
by Stijn De Win from PICOP, Philippines (call)
Metallic-winged Sunbird (Aethopyga pulcherrima) [XC239296]
by Frank Lambert from PICOP, Bislig, Mindanao, Philippines (song)
Subspecies
No obvious close relatives, but has been suggested that this species forms a superspecies with Elegant Sunbird (Aethopyga duyvenbodei).
Proposed subspecies dubia (described from Dinagat) seems insufficiently distinct from nominate to be tenable.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
jefferyi Sharpe, 1876 - Northern and central Luzon, in northern Philippines. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Luzon Sunbird (Aethopyga jefferyi).