Golden-winged Sunbird
Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
A large dark sunbird with a long and deeply curved bill. Both sexes show a large yellow panel in the wing and yellow sides to the tail. Males are mostly blackish, but in breeding plumage have copper iridescence on the breast, head, and back. Females are dark brown on the back and pale below with a yellow wash. Found in montane woodland, grassland, gardens, and forest edges.Easily separated from other sunbirds by the golden wing. The song is a high-pitched sizzle, and the most common call is a rattling “tr-tr-tr-tr-tr.”
识别特征
The male golden-winged sunbird is about 9 in (23 cm) long and the female is about 6 in (15 cm) long, the male having long central tail feathers. Yellow-edged feathers in the wings and tail are key identification pointers in all plumages of both the male and female. Body feathers of the male in breeding condition are a conspicuous metallic reddish-copper colour, which are mostly replaced by dull-black feathers in the non-breeding condition. The underparts of the male are brownish-black. The female is olive above and yellowish below. Immature are similar to females, except their underparts are darker.
分类信息
German naturalist Gustav Fischer described the golden-winged sunbird in 1884, its species name honouring Anton Reichenow. It is classified as the only species in the genus Drepanorhynchus or sometimes in the genus Nectarinia.<p>Three subspecies are recognised. The nominate subspecies is found in southern and western Uganda into Kenya (including Mt Kilimanjaro) and Tanzania, subspecies lathburyi is smaller and its plumage has a more red-metallic sheen and is found in more montane regions of Kenya from 1700 to 2300 m, and subspecies shellyae is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo above 2100 m. Females of this subspecies have a grey rather than green crown.
- 学名
- Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- 命名信息
- Fischer, GA, 1884
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Nectariniidae
- 属
- Drepanorhynchus
分布与栖息地
The golden-winged sunbird is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, between altitudes of 1170 and 2300 m. It is found in forest verges and clearings, in cultivated areas, bamboo forest and tall grassland. The species is locally nomadic, following food supply.
- 迁徙
- Vertical migration
行为
Migration pattern: Vertical migration.
保护状况
Population trend: stable.
- 种群趋势
- stable
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