Species of Thailand
Green-tailed sunbird
Aethopyga nipalensis
Brian Houghton Hodgson, 1837
In Thai: นกกินปลีหางยาวเขียว
The green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis) or Nepal yellow-backed sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
It is found in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, stretching eastwards into parts of Southeast Asia.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. In southeast Szechwan and Yunnan, it lives in open mountain woods with moss-covered trees, from 1825 to 3350 meters elevation.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Resident in mountains
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- Genus
- Aethopyga
- Species
- Aethopyga nipalensis
Common names
- Thai: นกกินปลีหางยาวเขียว
Photos
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Range Map
- Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Doi Inthanon National Park
- Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
- Khao Luang National Park
- Mae Wong National Park