Aethopyga

Aethopyga
File:♂ Vigors's sunbird (Aethopyga vigorsii) Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg
Vigors's sunbird from Maharashtra, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Aethopyga Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Certhia siparaja (Crimson sunbird) Raffles, 1822
Species
See text

Aethopyga is a genus of birds in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. Species in this genus are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of China. Many species such as the grey-hooded sunbird, Apo sunbird, metallic-winged sunbird, handsome sunbird, and Lina's sunbird are endemic to the Philippines.

Taxonomy

The genus Aethopyga was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with pugē meaning "rump". The type species was designated as the crimson sunbird by George Robert Gray in 1855.

Species

The genus contains 21 species:

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
File:Grey-hooded Sunbird (cropped).jpg	Grey-hooded sunbird	Aethopyga primigenia	Philippines.
File:Mount Apo Sunbird 1.jpg	Apo sunbird	Aethopyga boltoni	Philippines
File:Tboli Sunbird Female.jpg	Tboli sunbird	Aethopyga tibolii	southern Mindanao in the Philippines
File:Lina's Sunbird.jpg	Lina's sunbird	Aethopyga linaraborae	Mindanao in the Philippines
	Flaming sunbird	Aethopyga flagrans	northern Philippines.
File:Aethopyga guimarasensis.jpg	Maroon-naped sunbird	Aethopyga guimarasensis	Philippines (Negros Island, Panay and Guimaras).
File:Metallic-winged Sunbird.jpg	Metallic-winged sunbird	Aethopyga pulcherrima	Philippines.
	Elegant sunbird	Aethopyga duyvenbodei	Indonesia
File:LOVELY SUNBIRD.jpg	Lovely sunbird	Aethopyga shelleyi	Philippines.
File:Handsome sunbird.jpg	Handsome sunbird	Aethopyga bella	Philippines.
File:Aethopyga gouldiae - Doi Ang Khang.jpg	Mrs. Gould's sunbird	Aethopyga gouldiae	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, India, Vietnam and Southern China.
File:Green-tailed Sunbird Sikkim India.jpg	Green-tailed sunbird	Aethopyga nipalensis	Indian subcontinent, stretching eastwards into parts of Southeast Asia.
File:White-flanked Sunbird (Aethopyga eximia) male.jpg	White-flanked sunbird	Aethopyga eximia	Indonesia.
File:叉尾太陽鳥 雄性.jpg	Fork-tailed sunbird	Aethopyga christinae	China, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam.
File:Black-throated Sunbird (8249229694).jpg	Black-throated sunbird	Aethopyga saturata	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
File:20210919-DSC 1005.jpg	Crimson sunbird	Aethopyga siparaja	India, through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Indonesia and Brunei.
File:Magnificent Sunbird Male (cropped).jpg	Magnificent sunbird	Aethopyga magnifica	Negros Island, Panay, Cebu, Tablas Island and Romblon.
File:Vigor's sunbird.jpg	Vigors's sunbird	Aethopyga vigorsii	Western Ghats of India.
File:Scarlet ( Javan ) Sunbird - Carita MG 3470 (29363983070) (cropped).jpg	Javan sunbird	Aethopyga mystacalis	Java and Bali, Indonesia.
File:Temminck's Sunbird, Sumatra (36266116742).jpg	Temminck's sunbird	Aethopyga temminckii	Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, and south west Thailand
File:Fire-tailed-Sunbird East Sikkim India 12.05.2014.jpg	Fire-tailed sunbird	Aethopyga ignicauda	Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet.