Purple-naped Spiderhunter

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Purple-naped Spiderhunter

Kurochkinegramma hypogrammica

蓝枕花蜜鸟 (lán-zhěn huā-mì-niǎo)

    Malay : Kelicap Rimba

    Japanese : ムナフタイヨウチョウ (muna-fu taiyō-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 胸斑太陽鳥

    Size : 12.7–15 cm; Male 7.8–15.2 g, Female 9.7–13.5 g

    

    Subspecies (5) and Distribution

• Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum lisettae (Delacour, JT 1926)
  – S China (w Yunnan) to n Myanmar, n Thailand and c Indochina.
• Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum nuchale (Blyth, E 1843)
  – S Myanmar to s Thailand and Malay Peninsula.
• Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum mariae (Deignan, HG 1943)
  – Cambodia and s Indochina.
• Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum natunense (Chasen, FN 1935)
  – North Natuna Islands (South China Sea).
• Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum hypogrammicum (Müller, S 1843)
  – Sumatra and Borneo.

Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum ssp. nuchale

Date : 23 September 2023

Location : Kledang Saiong Eco Forest Park, Bandar Meru Raya, 

Daerah Kinta, Perak

Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum ssp. nuchale

Date : 15 October 2022

Location : Kledang Saiong Eco Forest Park, Bandar Meru Raya, 

Daerah Kinta, Perak 

Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum ssp. nuchale

Date : 03 December 2016

Location : Hutan Lipur Sungai Congkak, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor

Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum ssp. hypogrammicum

Date : 10 March 2014

Location : Sepilok Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC), Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah