Lovely Sunbird
Aethopyga shelleyiSharpe, RB, 1876
English (US) Lovely Sunbird
The Lovely Sunbird (Aethopyga shelleyi) 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.
Range: southern Philippines (Balabac, Busuanga, Culion, and Palawan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aethopyga shelleyi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lovely Sunbird
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1876
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1876
- Type locality
- Palawan.
- Original description
- Nature 14 p.297
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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