Grey-hooded Sunbird
Aethopyga primigenia(Hachisuka, M, 1941)
English (US) Gray-hooded Sunbird
UK name: Grey-hooded Sunbird
The Grey-hooded Sunbird (Aethopyga primigenia) 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 primigenia
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-hooded Sunbird
- English (UK)
- Grey-hooded Sunbird
- Described by
- (Hachisuka, M, 1941)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Aethopyga primigenia diuatae
- Aethopyga primigenia primigenia
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Philippinia primigenius
- Described by
- (Hachisuka, M, 1941)
- Type locality
- Galog, 4,000 feet, Mt. Apo, Mindanao.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 11 p.6 {note: ? Mayr shows, p.2}
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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