Ruby-cheeked sunbird
The ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis) is a species of sunbird in the family Nectariniidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Chalcoparia Cabanis, 1850 |
| Species: | C. singalensis |
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| Chalcoparia singalensis (Gmelin, 1788) | |
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Kaeng Krachan National Park
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Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (Male)
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
- BirdLife International (2016). "Chalcoparia singalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 2020-10-24.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- "Oldstyle id: fc6e4f1ba1b29171dd0465a073b640ed". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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