CRIMSON SUNBIRD

Photographed at Dong Nai Nature Reserve, Vietnam, May 2024.

 (886*)                        CRIMSON SUNBIRD                  Aethopyga siparaja

                   

VIETNAM                 8

The crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) is a species of bird in the sunbird family which feed largely on nectar. They may also take insects, especially when feeding their young. The crimson sunbird is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Indonesia and Brunei. Two or three eggs are laid in a suspended nest in a tree. This species occurs in forest and cultivated areas.

CRIMSON SUNBIRD

(*  886)             CRIMSON SUNBIRD              Aethopyga siparaja

MALAYSIA               25

Occurs in forest edges, gardens, mangroves and peat-swamp forest. 11-13.5 cm. Throughout all of Southeast Asia.  

CRIMSON SUNBIRD

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

886                  CRIMSON SUNBIRD              Aethopyga siparaja

SINGAPORE               (21)

Found in primary and secondary forests, scrubs, old plantations, parkland. 12 cm. Distribution: Himalayan foothills, E India, S China, much of mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas and Sulawesi.