Grey-hooded Sunbird
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| Grey-hooded Sunbird | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Aethopyga |
| Species: | A. primigenia |
| Binomial name | |
| Aethopyga primigenia (Hachisuka, 1941) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Aethopyga primigenius (lapsus) |
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The Grey-hooded Sunbird (Aethopyga primigenia) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Aethopyga primigenia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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