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Vigors's Sunbird

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Stable

Alternate Names

Western Crimson Sunbird, Sahyadri Sunbird

Native Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Nectar, Insects

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Vigors's Sunbird

Aethopyga vigorsii

Vigors's 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. The male has yellow on the lower back and tail is bottle green. The species is distributed mainly in the northern Western Ghats.

Regional Names
  • Dutch:
    Vigors' Honingzuiger
  • French:
    Souimanga de Vigors
  • German:
    Graubauch-Nektarvogel
  • Japanese:
    イシキゴシタイヨウチョウ
  • Malayalam:
    തേൻകിളി
  • Marathi:
    किरमिजी सूर्यपक्षी, सहयाद्री शिंजीर
  • Norwegian:
    rødsolfugl
  • Polish:
    kwiatownik indyjski
  • Russian:
    Малабарская нектарница
  • Slovak:
    nektárovka šarlátová
  • Spanish:
    Suimanga de Vigors
  • Swedish:
    vigorssolfågel
  • Turkish:
    Vigors Nektarkuşu
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Taxanomy

PASSERIFORMES
NECTARINIIDAE
Aethopyga vigorsii