Fire-tailed Sunbird
Aethopyga ignicauda(Hodgson, BH, 1836)
English (US) Fire-tailed Sunbird
The Fire-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Nectariniidae (Spiderhunters and Sunbirds) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Aethopyga ignicauda
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Fire-tailed Sunbird
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Aethopyga ignicauda ignicauda
- Aethopyga ignicauda flavescens
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cinnyris ignicauda
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
- Type locality
- Nepal.
- Original description
- The India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts 1 p.273
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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