Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis) - HBW 13, p. 309
French: Souimanga à queue verte
German: Grünschwanz-Nektarvogel
Spanish: Suimanga Coliverde
Other common names: (Nepal) Yellow-backed/Green-throated Sunbird
Taxonomy: Cinnyris nipalensis Hodgson, 1837, Chandragiri Pass, central Nepal.
Race horsfieldi intergrades with nominate in W Nepal. In India, proposed race griseiceps (from Ghoom, near Darjeeling) considered inseparable from nominate and ripleyi (from Mawryngkneng, in Khasi Hills) synonymized with koelzi. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- horsfieldi (Blyth, 1843) - W Himalayas in N India (Mussoorie, in W Uttaranchal) and W Nepal.
- nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) - W Nepal E to Sikkim and Darjeeling (N India).
- koelzi Ripley, 1948 - Bhutan and NE India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland S to Chittagong Hills) E to S China (S Xizang E to C Sichuan and NW Yunnan) and N Vietnam.
- horsfieldi (Blyth, 1843) - W Himalayas in N India (Mussoorie, in W Uttaranchal) and W Nepal.
- nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) - W Nepal E to Sikkim and Darjeeling (N India).
- koelzi Ripley, 1948 - Bhutan and NE India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland S to Chittagong Hills) E to S China (S Xizang E to C Sichuan and NW Yunnan) and N Vietnam.
- victoriae Rippon, 1904 - W Myanmar (Chin Hills).
- karenensis Ticehurst, 1939 - SE Myanmar (Karen Hills).
- angkanensis Riley, 1929 - NW Thailand (Doi Inthanon).
- australis Robinson & Kloss, 1923 - S peninsular Thailand (S of Isthmus of Kra).
- blanci Delacour & Greenway, 1939 - Laos.
- ezrai Delacour, 1926 - S Vietnam (Da Lat Plateau).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on branches, moving nervously and calling Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp angkanensis)
Josep del Hoyo 6 November 2004 4 years ago 34 sec 4.6 -
A male feeding on flowers Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp angkanensis)
Josep del Hoyo 6 November 2004 4 years ago 30 sec 4.6 -
A female perched on a leaf and flying away Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp angkanensis)
Josep del Hoyo 6 November 2004 4 years ago 13 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding from some flowers. Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 14 November 2007 2 years ago 9 sec 3.8 -
A male bird feeding on a flower. Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 14 November 2007 3 years ago 7 sec 3.8 -
A male calling on a branch Locality Lingmethang Road, Bhutan (ssp koelzi)
Josh Engel 11 April 2008 3 years ago n/a 3.7
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Male seen from above, near Lama Camp.
Locality Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp nipalensis)
Jorge de Leon Cardozo 25 December 2010 34 weeks ago 4.2 -
A male.
Locality Trongsa District, Bhutan (ssp koelzi)
Ken Havard 19 April 2011 14 weeks ago 3.5 -
An adult male foraging on a flower.
Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp angkanensis)
Christophe Gouraud 27 October 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
A male bird feeding on a flower.
Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 14 November 2007 2 years ago 3.3 -
A male bird on a branche.
Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 14 November 2007 2 years ago 3.3 -
A female on a budding branch.
Locality Trongsa District, Bhutan (ssp koelzi)
Ken Havard 19 April 2011 14 weeks ago 3.2
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