The maroon-naped sunbird (''Aethopyga guimarasensis'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Nectariniidae. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
(
Negros Island,
Panay
Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of and has a total population of 4,542,926 as of 2020 census. Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. The City o ...
and
Guimaras). Its natural
habitat
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is subtropical or
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
moist lowland
forest
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s.
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maroon-naped sunbird
The maroon-naped sunbird (''Aethopyga guimarasensis'') is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to the Philippines ( Negros Island, Panay and Guimaras). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest ...
Birds of Negros Island
Birds of Panay
maroon-naped sunbird
The maroon-naped sunbird (''Aethopyga guimarasensis'') is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to the Philippines ( Negros Island, Panay and Guimaras). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest ...
maroon-naped sunbird
The maroon-naped sunbird (''Aethopyga guimarasensis'') is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to the Philippines ( Negros Island, Panay and Guimaras). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest ...
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