Vigors's Sunbird
Aethopyga vigorsii(Sykes, WH, 1832)
English (US) Vigors's Sunbird
The Vigors's Sunbird (Aethopyga vigorsii) 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: northwestern Maharashtra (western Satpuras) and Western Ghats (from Narmada River southward at least to Goa area), in western IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aethopyga vigorsii
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vigors's Sunbird
- Described by
- (Sykes, WH, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cinnyris vigorsii
- Described by
- (Sykes, WH, 1832)
- Type locality
- Ghauts, Dukhun.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2, no.18 p.98,99
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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