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Fork-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga christinae

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedSeedsForestDomed nestTiny · 5 g
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), photo 1
Photo: Vladislav Isaev · CC BY 4.0
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), photo 2
Photo: rashidchan · CC BY 4.0
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), photo 3
Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), photo 4
Photo: Toby Y · CC BY 4.0
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), photo 5
Photo: Vladislav Isaev · CC BY 4.0
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), photo 6
Photo: russnamitz · CC0
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), photo 7
Photo: russnamitz · CC0
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), photo 8
Photo: Andrew Lai · CC BY 4.0
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), photo 9
Photo: Thomas Brown · CC BY 2.0
Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), photo 10
Photo: Thomas Brown · CC BY 2.0

When to see the Fork-tailed Sunbird

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

Where to see the Fork-tailed Sunbird

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Hong Kong SAR China China Taiwan Vietnam Macao SAR China Laos

About the Fork-tailed Sunbird

The fork-tailed sunbird is a bird in the family Nectariniidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1869.

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

Easily confused with

Mrs. Gould's Sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae) Mrs. Gould's SunbirdAethopyga gouldiaeMrs. Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata) Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturataThe black-throated sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Vigors's Sunbird (Aethopyga vigorsii) Vigors's SunbirdAethopyga vigorsiiVigors's sunbird, Sahyadri sunbird, or western crimson sunbird, is a species of sunbird which is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

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