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Javan Sunbird

Aethopyga mystacalis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestDomed nestTiny · 6 g
Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis), photo 1
Photo: (c) ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ · cc-by
Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis), photo 2
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0
Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis), photo 3
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0
Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis), photo 4
Photo: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ · CC BY 4.0
Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis), photo 5
Photo: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ · CC BY 4.0
Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis), photo 6
Photo: Firman · CC BY 4.0
Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis), photo 7
Photo: Firman · CC BY 4.0
Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis), photo 8
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0
Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis), photo 9
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0
Javan Sunbird (Aethopyga mystacalis), photo 10
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Javan Sunbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Javan Sunbird

Regular range

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

Indonesia

About the Javan Sunbird

The Javan sunbird or scarlet sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to Java and Bali, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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

Easily confused with

Maroon-naped Sunbird (Aethopyga guimarasensis) Maroon-naped SunbirdAethopyga guimarasensisThe maroon-naped sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Lina's Sunbird (Aethopyga linaraborae) 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. Apo Sunbird (Aethopyga boltoni) Apo SunbirdAethopyga boltoniThe Apo sunbird has a curved bill, yellow chest and olive wings.

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