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Promerops temminckii = Aethopyga temminckii (Temminck's sunbird) (cropped)
| Subject: | Promerops temminckii = Aethopyga temminckii (Temminck's sunbird) (cropped)
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Promerops temminckii
Date between 1820 and 1860
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer [Reichenbach, Iconographia], 3967
Old Latin name Promerops temminckii
New Latin name Aethopyga temminckii
Common name Nederlands: Temmincks honingzuiger
Source: cropped from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Promerops_temminckii_-_1820-1860_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ19000321.tif
Aethopyga temminckii (Temminck's sunbird)
Temminck’s sunbird (Aethopyga temminckii) is a delightful species of sunbird found in the tropical moist montane forests of Borneo, Sumatra, West Malaysia, and southwest Thailand. The Temminck’s sunbird measures approximately 10 cm (female) to 12.5 cm (male) in length. The longer-tailed male is mostly scarlet, except for a greyish belly, yellow and purple bands between the back and tail, and four purple bands on the head emanating from the beak. The female is drab olive, with rufous fringes on the wing and tail feathers.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Aethopyga
Species: Aethopyga temminckii (Müller, 1843) |
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