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Scientific Name : Aethopyga ignicauda
Family : Nectariniidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Green-tailed Sunbird is a small passerine with a down curved bill and greenish tail (length 11 cm, weight 6.3 g, wing 5.3 cm, bill 2.4 cm, tarsus 1.5 cm, tail 5.2 cm approximately). Its male is visibly different from the female. The male has a metallic blue-green crown and nape, maroon upper back and sides of the neck and black cheek. Its lower back and wings are olive green, the rump is bright yellow and upper tail coverts and long tail are green. It has a metallic blue-green throat and the rest of the underparts are bright yellow streaked with red on the breast. The female is dark olive green above, lighter olive on the rump and undersides, and has a noticeably graduated tail with white outer feathers. It feeds chiefly on nectar and occasionally on insects. It breeds in the hills of northeast India in May-June.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Aethopyga gouldiae
(Crimson Sunbird) -
Aethopyga siparaja
(Black-breasted Weaver) -
Dicaeum ignipectus
(Little Spiderhunter) -
Aethopyga nipalensis
((Mrs) Gould's Sunbird) -
Arachnothera magna
(Ruby‑cheeked Sunbird) -
Leptocoma zeylonica
(Purple‑throated Sunbird) -
Cinnyris jugularis
(Fire‑tailed Sunbird) -
Dicaeum trigonostigma
(Pale‑billed Flowerpecker) -
Dicaeum chrysorrheum
(Thick‑billed Flowerpecker) -
Dicaeum agile
(Orange‑bellied Flowerpecker)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: ckelkar(www.inaturalist.org/people/ ckelkar),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Ramit Singal(www.xeno-canto.org/Ramit Singal), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: ckelkar(www.inaturalist.org/people/ ckelkar),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Ramit Singal(www.xeno-canto.org/Ramit Singal), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.