Black-throated Sunbird

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Black-throated Sunbird

Aethopyga saturata

黑胸太阳鸟 (hēi-xiōng tàiyáng-niǎo)

    Malay : Kelicap Gunung

    Japanese : スミレオタイヨウチョウ (sumire-o taiyō-chō) / 

                      ムナグロタイヨウチョウ (munaguro taiyō-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : すみれ尾太陽鳥 / 胸黒太陽鳥

    Size : Male 14–15 cm, 5.5–6.5g; Female 10 cm, 5.5 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Aethopyga saturata saturata (Hodgson, 1836) – Black-throated Sunbird
  – Himalayas from N India (W Uttarakhand) E to Nepal, Bhutan and S China (SE Xizang).
• Aethopyga saturata assamensis (Horsfield, 1840)
  – NE India, W & N Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
• Aethopyga saturata petersi (Deignan, 1948)
  – E Myanmar, N Thailand, N Laos, N Vietnam and SE China (SE Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong).
• Aethopyga saturata galenae (Deignan, 1948)
  – NW Thailand.
• Aethopyga saturata sanguinipectus (Walden, 1875)
  – SE Myanmar (Kayah S to Tenasserim).
• Aethopyga saturata anomala (Richmond, 1900)
  – S Thailand (S to Trang).
• Aethopyga saturata wrayi (Sharpe, 1887)
  – Malay Peninsula S of Trang.
• Aethopyga saturata ochra (Deignan, 1948)
  – S Laos (Bolovens Plateau) and C Vietnam.
• Aethopyga saturata cambodiana (Delacour, 1948)
  – SE Thailand and SW Cambodia.
• Aethopyga saturata johnsi (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) – Langbian Sunbird
  – S Vietnam (Langbian Mts).

Aethopyga saturata ssp. wrayi

Date : 15 August 2022

Location : Jalan Sungai Hijau, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Aethopyga saturata ssp. wrayi

Date : 04 November 2021

Location : Jalan Richmond, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Aethopyga saturata ssp. wrayi
Date : 16 September 2020

Location : Jalan Bukit Fraser 1 / Jalan GAP-Bukit Fraser / Malaysia Federal Route 56, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Daerah Hulu Selangor, Selangor

Aethopyga saturata ssp. wrayi
Date : 16 September 2020

Location : Jalan Bukit Fraser 1 / Jalan GAP-Bukit Fraser / Malaysia Federal Route 56, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Daerah Hulu Selangor, Selangor

Aethopyga saturata ssp. wrayi
Date : 05 January 2020

Location : Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highlands, Daerah Bentong, Pahang