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Aethopyga

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Aethopyga is a genus of birds in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. Species in this genus are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of China. Many species such as the grey-hooded sunbird, Apo sunbird, Apo sunbird, Tboli sunbird, metallic-winged sunbird, handsome sunbird and Lina's sunbird are endemic to the Philippines.

Taxonomy

The genus Aethopyga was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with pugē meaning "rump".[2] The type species was designated as the crimson sunbird by George Robert Gray in 1855.[3][4]

Species

The genus contains 22 species:[5]

References

  1. ^ Cabanis, Jean (1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 103.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 19.
  4. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 270.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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Aethopyga: Brief Summary

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Aethopyga is a genus of birds in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. Species in this genus are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of China. Many species such as the grey-hooded sunbird, Apo sunbird, Apo sunbird, Tboli sunbird, metallic-winged sunbird, handsome sunbird and Lina's sunbird are endemic to the Philippines.

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