Vigors's Sunbird

Aethopyga vigorsii

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicNectarForestDomed nestTiny · 7 g

When to see the Vigors's Sunbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Vigors's Sunbird

Regular range

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

About the Vigors's Sunbird

Vigors's sunbird, Sahyadri sunbird, or western crimson sunbird, is a species of sunbird which is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It has been considered as a subspecies of the crimson sunbird but it does not have the central tail as elongated and is restricted in its distribution.

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