Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Brown-throated Sunbird

Thursday 2 October 2014

Brown-throated Sunbird

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Brown-throated Sunbird

Anthreptes malacensis

褐喉食蜜鸟 (hè-hóu shí-mì-niǎo) /
褐喉直嘴太阳鸟 (hè-hóu zhí-zuǐ tàiyáng-niǎo)

Malay : Kelicap Mayang Kelapa

Japanese : チャノドコバシタイヨウチョウ (cha-nodo ko-bashi taiyō-chō)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 茶喉小嘴太陽鳥

Taxonomy update for 2019

Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) and Grey-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes griseigularis) are split. Brown-throated is widespread in Southeast Asia, occurring from S Myanmar to peninsular Thailand, Indochina, Sumatra and s Borneo, as well as on many islands in Indonesia. Grey-throated is limited to the Philippines, but Brown-throated also occurs there, although the two do not tend to occur in the same areas. Grey-throated is on Luzon, Mindoro, Catanduanes, Samar, Leyte, Sakuyok, Camiguin Sur, and ne Mindanao while Brown-throated is on Cebu, Masbate, Negros, Panay, Sibuyan, Tablas, Romblon, Ticao, Basilan, w and central Mindanao, Talicod, Mapun, Balabac, Culion, Palawan and Calauit, Sibutu, and Sitanki. :

- Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
- Grey-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes griseigularis)

Size : 12.1–13.5 cm; Male 11.1–13.5 g, Female 7.4–13.1 g

(LC : Least Concern)

Subspecies and Distribution

Anthreptes malacensis malacensis (Scopoli, 1786)
– SW & S Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia and nearby islands, Sumatra and satellites, most of Borneo (Sarawak and Kalimantan), Karimata I (off SW Borneo), Java (including Madura) and Bali.
Anthreptes malacensis anambae (Oberholser, 1917)
– Anamba Is (E of Peninsular Malaysia).
Anthreptes malacensis erixanthus (Oberholser, 1932)
– Natuna Is.
Anthreptes malacensis bornensis (Riley, 1920)
– N Borneo (Sabah and Brunei).
Anthreptes malacensis paraguae (Riley, 1920)
– Calamian Group (Calauit, Culion), Palawan and Balabac, in W Philippine Is.
Anthreptes malacensis cagayanensis (Mearns, 1905)
– Cagayan Sulu (S of Palawan).
Anthreptes malacensis chlorigaster (Sharpe, 1877)
– C Philippines (Lubang, Tablas, Sibuyan, Masbate, Panay, Negros, Cebu, probably also Romblon and Ticao).
Anthreptes malacensis heliolusius (Oberholser, 1923)
– Basilan and W & C Mindanao (including Talicud), in S Philippines.
Anthreptes malacensis wiglesworthi (E. J. O. Hartert, 1902)
– Sulu Archipelago (Basbas, Jolo, Tawi-tawi, Sanga-Sanga, Bongao, Simunul, probably also Pangamian).
Anthreptes malacensis iris (Parkes, 1971)
– SW Sulu Is (Tumindao, Sibutu, probably also Sitanki), in far SW Philippines.
Anthreptes malacensis mjobergi (Bangs & Peters, 1927)
– Maratua I, off E Borneo.
Anthreptes malacensis heliocalus (Oberholser, 1923)
– Sangihe and Siau, N of Sulawesi.
Anthreptes malacensis celebensis (Shelley, 1878)
– Sulawesi, including Mantehage, Manadotua, Manterawu, Talisei, Bangka, Togian Is, Labuan Blanda, Kabaena, Muna and Butung.
Anthreptes malacensis extremus (Mees, 1966)
– Banggai Is and Sula Archipelago.
Anthreptes malacensis convergens (Rensch, 1929)
– Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa, Komodo, Padar, Flores, Adonara, Satonda, Lembata, Pantar, Alor).
Anthreptes malacensis rubrigena (Rensch, 1931)
– Sumba (in SW Lesser Sundas).