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Brown-throated Sunbird
Anthreptes malacensis · Family Nectariniidae
Anthreptes malacensis
Family Nectariniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 91,943
- Countries and territories with records
- 15
About this species
This species has 91,943 occurrence records from 15 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Thailand (30.9%), Singapore (23.3%), Malaysia (20.7%), Indonesia (12%) and Cambodia (7%); together they account for 93.8% of the total. In Thailand, this species accounts for 0.43% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anthreptes malacensis combines the genus name Anthreptes with the species epithet malacensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 15 species of the genus Anthreptes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anthreptes orientalis, Anthreptes simplex and Anthreptes rectirostris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 136 species of the family Nectariniidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cinnyris asiaticus. Its record count is 3 times the family average (30,217). The family Nectariniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.