Family Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Least Concern
Maroon-naped Sunbird (Aethopyga guimarasensis)
Taxonomy
French: Souimanga de Steere German: Braunnacken-Nektarvogel Spanish: Suimanga de Guimarás
Taxonomy:
Cinnyris guimarasensis
Steere
, 1890,Guimaras
.
Subspecies and Distribution
A. g. guimarasensis
(Steere, 1890) – Panay and Guimaras, in WC Philippines.
A. g. daphoenonota
Parkes, 1963 – Negros, in SC Philippines.
Descriptive notes
9·5 cm. Adult male nominate race has forehead and crown purple-tinged metallic blue-green, hindcrown to mantle maroon-chestnut to blood-red/dark orange-red, back to rump... read more
Voice
A high “tsweet”, repeated.
Habitat
Forest and forest edge, also second growth; sea-level to c. 1350 m.
Food and feeding
Little information on diet; takes nectar and some small arthropods, and probably also some seeds. Forages alone and in pairs; sometimes as... read more
Breeding
Virtually nothing known; a female collected on Negros in late May was in breeding condition.
Movements
Presumed resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Restricted-range species: confined to the Negros and Panay EBA. Uncommon to rare. This species is very poorly known. There is an... read more
Until recently considered conspecific with A. flagrans, but differs genetically#R and also in its more extensive (and rather more purplish) glossy part of crown, extending well behind (vs just in front of) eye to cover the cap rather than just the forehead (2); dull russet-maroon hindcrown to mantle (vs dull greenish-gold, continuous with rest of upperparts) (3); much brighter yellow belly (without dirty greyish tinge) with diffuse weak orange centre vs small distinct orange-red vertical belly patch (3). Two subspecies recognized.