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Fire-tailed Sunbird

Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers & Leafbirds

Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Aethopyga ignicauda

Basic stats

Diet

Insects and nectar

Habitat

Temperate and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest; breeds in rhododendron shrub

Range

Himalayas and northern Indian subcontinent: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet

Size

About 15 cm including tail

The fire-tailed sunbird is a sunbird of temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests across the northern Indian subcontinent, primarily in the Himalayas, in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet. Breeding males have a scarlet nape and mantle, a yellow-orange breast, an olive-green belly and a long scarlet tail, reaching about 15 cm including the tail; females are about two-thirds that length. (Wikipedia, general species account)

Females have a grey-olive head and throat and a yellow belly, and are told from the similar female green-tailed sunbird by a straighter bill and squarer tail. It eats insects and nectar, breeds in rhododendron shrub, and both parents feed the young. (Wikipedia, general species account)

Quick answers

What does the Fire-tailed Sunbird eat?
Insects and nectar
What habitat does the Fire-tailed Sunbird live in?
Temperate and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest; breeds in rhododendron shrub
Where is the Fire-tailed Sunbird found?
Himalayas and northern Indian subcontinent: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet
How big is the Fire-tailed Sunbird?
About 15 cm including tail
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