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Black-throated Sunbird

Aethopyga saturata

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarForestDomed nestTiny · 5 g
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), photo 1
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), photo 2
Photo: Jagdish Singh Negi · CC BY 4.0
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), photo 3
Photo: Mathieu Soetens · CC BY 4.0
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), photo 4
Photo: Mathieu Soetens · CC BY 4.0
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), photo 5
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), photo 6
Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), photo 7
Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), photo 8
Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), photo 9
Photo: Jason Thompson from Bangkok, Thailand · CC BY 2.0
Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), photo 10
Photo: Jason Thompson · CC BY 2.0

When to see the Black-throated Sunbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-throated Sunbird

Regular range

The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

India Thailand Malaysia Bhutan Vietnam China Nepal Cambodia Myanmar (Burma) Laos Singapore

About the Black-throated Sunbird

The black-throated sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis) Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensisThe green-tailed sunbird or Nepal yellow-backed sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) Fork-tailed SunbirdAethopyga christinaeThe fork-tailed sunbird is a bird in the family Nectariniidae. Mrs. Gould's Sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae) Mrs. Gould's SunbirdAethopyga gouldiaeMrs.

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