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About the Tboli Sunbird
The Tboli sunbird is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found only in the mountains of south Mindanao. Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forest starting from 800 meters above sea level. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Apo sunbird.
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Where it lives
Regular range
When to see it
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Peak activity in June · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Apo SunbirdAethopyga boltoniThe Apo sunbird has a curved bill, yellow chest and olive wings.
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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