Male Palawan sunbird above, male flaming sunbird below
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Nectariniidae
Genus:
Cinnyris
Species:
C. aurora
Binomial name
Cinnyris aurora
(Tweeddale, 1878)
The Palawan sunbird (Cinnyris aurora) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is found on the islands of the Palawan group in the Philippines. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the olive-backed sunbird, now renamed the garden sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis).
The Palawansunbird (Cinnyris aurora) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is found on the islands of the Palawan group in the...
the Palawan island group. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with seven other species: the ornate sunbird, Palawansunbird, Sahul sunbird, Tukangbesi...
Cinnyris is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia. They are generally known as double-collared sunbirds because the fringe...
of sunbird are considered to be of Least Concern by the IUCN, although three species, the Amani sunbird, Loveridge's sunbird, and the elegant sunbird, are...
are restricted to specific islands, particularly Luzon, Mindanao, and Palawan. The number of endemic species recognized in the Philippines has increased...
The lovely sunbird (Aethopyga shelleyi) is a bird species in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical...
The spiderhunters are birds of the genus Arachnothera, part of the sunbird family Nectariniidae. The genus contains thirteen species found in the forests...
the violet cuckoo are sunbirds and spiderhunters (thirteen species of the genus Arachnothera, small birds related to sunbirds). Host species often recognise...
species in total. The family has sometimes been included in an enlarged sunbird family Nectariniidae. The berrypeckers of the family Melanocharitidae and...
in avian evolutionary relationship to the sunbird family Nectariniidae. Both the flowerpeckers and sunbirds are thought to be early offshoots of the early...
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Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union...
They often form mixed flocks with other flowerpecker species, white-eyes, sunbirds, fantails and other small forest birds. Small, short thick bill, sexes...
rescuers from Midway Island USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) USS Petrel (ASR-14) USS Sunbird (ASR-15) USS Tringa (ASR-16) USS Verdin (ASR-17), canceled 12 August 1945...