NEW AETHOPYGA SUNBIRDS (AVES, NECTARINIIDAE) FROM THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES

Authors
KENNEDY RS GONZALES PC MIRANDA HC
Citation
Rs. Kennedy et al., NEW AETHOPYGA SUNBIRDS (AVES, NECTARINIIDAE) FROM THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES, The Auk, 114(1), 1997, pp. 1-10
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Ornithology
Journal title
The Auk → ACNP
ISSN journal
00048038
Volume
114
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8038(1997)114:1<1:NAS(NF>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We describe a new species of sunbird, Aethopyga linaraborae, known fro m Mt. Mayo, Mt. Puting Bate, and MI. Pasian, all part of an isolated r ange of mountains in eastern Mindanao, Philippines. It occurs commonly in messy forest from about 1,200 m and above. We also describe a new subspecies of Apo Sunbird, Aethopyga bolioni tibolii, known from Mt. B usa and Mt. Matutum of southern Mindanao, where it is found in messy f orest above 1,000 m.