White Flanked Sunbird

Aethopyga eximia

Description

Medium-sized colorful sunbird. Adult males have a iridescent purple crown and throat, red neck and chest, olive back and wings, yellow rump, long bluish-green tail and white wings. The female is dull olive above, dark olive green below with white wings and a shorter tail.

Population Size

-

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

13 cm

Ar

Arboreal

Di

Diurnal

Om

Omnivore

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Nectariniidae

GENUS

:

Aethopyga

SPECIES

:

Aethopyga eximia

Distribution

This species is endemic in the mountainous forests of the island of Java, at an altitude of 100 meters above sea level.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Jawa

Habits and Lifestyle

Travel alone, in pairs or in small groups, generally not far from the forest floor, visiting flowering trees and vines in dense forests, clearings and forest edges.

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Biome

Montane forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Its main diet is nectar, but it also eats insects such as spiders and caterpillars.

Diet : Omnivorous

Mating Habits

The nesting season is recorded from March – June and November – December.

Reproduction session : March – June and November – December

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.