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Crimson sunbird
Aethopyga siparaja · Family Nectariniidae
Aethopyga siparaja
Family Nectariniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 77,262
- Countries and territories with records
- 17
About this species
This species has 77,262 occurrence records from 17 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (41.8%), Singapore (17.2%), Malaysia (12.2%), Thailand (8.1%) and Nepal (6%); together they account for 85.4% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.052% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Aethopyga siparaja combines the genus name Aethopyga with the species epithet siparaja. The Warbla app catalog lists 19 species of the genus Aethopyga; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Aethopyga nipalensis, Aethopyga saturata and Aethopyga christinae.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 136 species of the family Nectariniidae. This species ranks 14th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cinnyris asiaticus. Its record count is 2.6 times the family average (30,217). The family Nectariniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.