Ruby-cheeked Sunbird

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird

Chalcoparia singalensis

紫颊太阳鸟 (zǐ-jiá tàiyáng-niǎo) / 
紫颊直嘴太阳鸟 (zǐ-jiá zhí-zuǐ tàiyáng-niǎo)

    Malay : Kelicap Pipi Merah

    Japanese : ホオアカコバシタイヨウチョウ (hō-aka ko-bashi taiyō-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 頬赤小嘴太陽鳥

    Size : 10–11 cm; Male 8.2–9.1 g, Female 8.6 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Chalcoparia singalensis assamensis (Kloss, 1930)
  – C Nepal (from Chitwan) E to NE India (S from Assam), Bangladesh, N Myanmar, N Thailand and S China (W & S Yunnan).
• Chalcoparia singalensis internota (Deignan, 1955)
  – S Myanmar and S Thailand (S to Isthmus of Kra).
• Chalcoparia singalensis interposita (Robinson & Kloss, 1921)
  – Peninsular Thailand S of Isthmus of Kra.
• Chalcoparia singalensis koratensis (Kloss, 1918)
  – E Thailand and Indochina.
• Chalcoparia singalensis singalensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
  – Peninsular Malaysia S from N Perak.
• Chalcoparia singalensis sumatrana (Kloss, 1921)
  – Mainland Sumatra and Belitung.
• Chalcoparia singalensis panopsia (Oberholser, 1912)
  – Islands off W coast of Sumatra.
• Chalcoparia singalensis pallida (Chasen, 1935)
  – N Natuna Is.
• Chalcoparia singalensis borneana (Kloss, 1921)
  – Borneo.
• Chalcoparia singalensis bantenensis (Hoogerwerf, 1967)
  – W Java.
• Chalcoparia singalensis phoenicotis (Temminck, 1822)
  – C & E Java.

Chalcoparia singalensis ssp. borneana
Date : 24 February 2018

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

Chalcoparia singalensis ssp. singalensis

Date : 04 November 2017

Location : Lata Ulu Chepor, Chemor, Mukim Ulu Kinta, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Chalcoparia singalensis ssp. singalensis

Date : 08 July 2016

Location : Taman Negara Pahang, Kuala Tahan, Daerah Jerantut, Pahang