Ruby-cheeked sunbird

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Ruby-cheeked sunbird
Chalcoparia singalensis Keulemans.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Chalcoparia
Cabanis, 1850
Species:
C. singalensis
Binomial name
Chalcoparia singalensis
(Gmelin, 1788)
Synonyms
  • Anthreptes singalensis (Gmelin, 1788)
Kaeng Krachan National Park
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (Male)

The ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis) is a species of sunbird in the family Nectariniidae.

Distribution and habitat[]

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[1]

Taxonomy[]

A number of subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • C. s. singalensis (Gmelin, 1789) (the nominate subspecies)
  • C. s. assamensis Kloss, 1930
  • C. s. bantenensis (Hoogerwerf, 1967)
  • C. s. borneana Kloss, 1921
  • C. s. internota (Deignan, 1955)
  • C. s. interposita Robinson & Kloss, 1921
  • C. s. koratensis Kloss, 1918
  • C. s. pallida Chasen, 1935
  • C. s. panopsia Oberholser, 1912
  • C. s. phoenicotis (Temminck, 1822)
  • C. s. sumatrana Kloss, 1921

References[]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Chalcoparia singalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717626A94542835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717626A94542835.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Oldstyle id: fc6e4f1ba1b29171dd0465a073b640ed". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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