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The garden sunbird (under the name olive-backed sunbird) formerly included 21 subspecies and had a range that extended from Southeast Asia to Australia. Based on the difference in the male plumage and a genetic study comparing mitochondrial DNA sequences of some of the subspecies, the olive-backed sunbird was split into eight species.
The ornate sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the olive-backed sunbird, now renamed the garden sunbird ( Cinnyris jugularis ).
The park is a noted bird watching area, with species including ashy drongo, barn swallow, black-naped oriole, collared scops owl, great barbet, greater coucal, green pigeon, olive-backed sunbird, Oriental white-eye, plaintive cuckoo, scarlet minivet, sooty-headed bulbul, spotted dove, [5] tiger shrike, forest wagtail, and Chinese pond heron. [1 ...
The Palawan sunbird (Cinnyris aurora) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is found on the islands of the Palawan group in the Philippines. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the olive-backed sunbird, now renamed the garden sunbird ( Cinnyris jugularis ).
The Sahul sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Sulawesi eastwards to New Guinea and the Soloman Islands. It is also found in northeast Australia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the olive-backed sunbird, now renamed the garden sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis).
A juvenile oilve sunbird in Ankasa Forest Reserve, Ghana. The olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea) is a species of sunbird found in a large part of Africa south of the Sahel.It prefers forested regions, and is absent from drier, more open regions such as the Horn of Africa and most of south-central and south-western Africa.
Park animals include Asian elephant, tiger, gaur, lar gibbon, Phayre's leaf monkey and sambar. [4] Bird life features species such as olive-backed sunbird , Oriental pied hornbill , red junglefowl , scaly-breasted munia , scarlet-backed flowerpecker and thick-billed green pigeon . [ 4 ]
The iris is dark brown and the legs are black. The female is greenish-olive above, pale yellow below and has a yellow supercilium. The Flores Sea sunbird can be distinguished from the other members of the olive-backed sunbird complex by the male having brown rather than olive-green upperparts and black rather than yellow underparts. [6]