Elegant Sunbird

Aethopyga duyvenbodei

The elegant sunbird is a large, up to 12 cm long, Australasian sunbird in the genus Aethopyga. The male has an iridescent blue-green crown, shoulder patch and uppertail coverts, yellow bar across lower back, red ear coverts, olive back, yellow throat, red neck collar and yellow below. The female has a yellowish olive upperparts, scaly crown and yellow underparts.

Scientific name

Aethopyga duyvenbodei

Family

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

IUCN status

EN