Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni) | Photos and ID

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Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Forest Botial-Jarvis · cc-by

Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Mathieu Soetens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Mathieu Soetens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The Apo sunbird has a curved bill, yellow chest and olive wings. Unlike females, males have a yellow stripe along their throat, a bluer tail, and an orange tuft in the middle of their chest. Vocalizations are high-pitched and rapid, with frequent chips.

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When to see the Apo Sunbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Apo Sunbird

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Philippines

About the Apo Sunbird

The Apo sunbird is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is found in tropical moist montane forests at elevations ranging from 820 to 2,000 metres above sea level.

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Easily confused with

Tboli SunbirdAethopyga tiboliiThe Tboli sunbird is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae.

Elegant SunbirdAethopyga duyvenbodeiThe elegant sunbird is a large, up to 12 cm long, Australasian sunbird in the genus Aethopyga.

Lina's SunbirdAethopyga linaraboraeThis species was formerly conspecific with the Apo sunbird but was split by Robert Kennedy, Pedro Gonzales and Hector Miranda in 1997.

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