Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Fire-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda) - HBW 13, p. 314
French: Souimanga queue-de-feu
German: Feuerschwanz-Nektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Colafuego
Taxonomy: Cinnyris ignicauda Hodgson, 1837, Nepal.
Proposed race exultans, described from S China (Salween Divide, in W Yunnan), considered inseparable from nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ignicauda (Hodgson, 1837) - N & NE India (from Rajaji National Park and Garhwal E in Himalayas to Arunachal Pradesh, also Meghalaya E to Nagaland and S to Manipur and Chittagongs), Nepal, Bhutan, NE Bangladesh (Sylhet), S China (S Xizang, and W Sichuan S to C Yunnan) and N Myanmar.
- flavescens Stuart Baker, 1921 - NE India (Lushai Hills, in E Mizoram) and adjacent W Myanmar (Chin Hills).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male calling several times Locality Ghopte, Langtang National Park, Nepal (ssp ignicauda)
John Gregory 1998 5 years ago 12 sec 2.5 -
A male feeding Locality Ghopte, Langtang National Park, Nepal (ssp ignicauda)
John Gregory 1998 5 years ago 3 sec 2.5 -
A male looking around on a branch Locality Ghopte, Langtang National Park, Nepal (ssp ignicauda)
John Gregory 1998 5 years ago 9 sec 1.9
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Fire-tail Sunbird, Female feeding on honey from flowers of a cherry plant, Sikkim, some where south west.
Locality Sikkim, India
Himadri Mondal 18 March 2012 1 year ago 4.4 -
in non breeding plumage
Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 10 January 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
in non breeding plumage
Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 10 January 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
moulting into breeding plumage
Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 25 February 2010 1 year ago 3.4
- No sound recordings available yet
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