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.
The genus Aethopyga was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with pugē meaning "rump".[2] The type species was designated as the crimson sunbird by George Robert Gray in 1855.[3] [4]
The genus contains 20 species:[5]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aethopyga primigenia | Philippines. | ||
| Aethopyga boltoni | Philippines. | ||
| Aethopyga linaraborae | Mindanao in the Philippines | ||
| Aethopyga flagrans | northern Philippines. | ||
| Aethopyga guimarasensis | Philippines (Negros Island, Panay and Guimaras). | ||
| Aethopyga pulcherrima | Philippines. | ||
| Aethopyga duyvenbodei | Indonesia | ||
| Aethopyga shelleyi | Philippines. | ||
| Aethopyga bella | Philippines. | ||
| Aethopyga gouldiae | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, India, Vietnam and Southern China. | ||
| Aethopyga nipalensis | Indian subcontinent, stretching eastwards into parts of Southeast Asia. | ||
| Aethopyga eximia | Indonesia. | ||
| Aethopyga christinae | China, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam. | ||
| Aethopyga saturata | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. | ||
| Aethopyga siparaja | India, through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Indonesia and Brunei. | ||
| Aethopyga magnifica | Negros Island, Panay, Cebu, Tablas Island and Romblon. | ||
| Aethopyga vigorsii | Western Ghats of India. | ||
| Aethopyga mystacalis | Java and Bali, Indonesia. | ||
| Aethopyga temminckii | Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, and south west Thailand | ||
| Aethopyga ignicauda | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet. | ||