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Green-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga nipalensis (Hodgson, BH 1836)

The green-tailed sunbird or Nepal yellow-backed sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Nectariniidae
Genus:
   Aethopyga
Scientific:
  Aethopyga nipalensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Hodgson, BH 1836)

Reference:
   India Rev. J. For. Sci. Arts 1 p.273

Protonym:
  Cinnyris nipalensis

Type locality:
  Nepal ; restricted to Chandragiri Pass, central Nepal, by Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 588.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218190#page/287/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  02BA43E43F99B47F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-02BA43E4

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/02BA43E4

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558461

Geographic range:

  • Aethopyga nipalensis nipalensis: W Nepal to ne India (Darjiling) and Sikkim
  • Aethopyga nipalensis koelzi: Himalayas (Bhutan to ne Myanmar, sw China and nw Tonkin)
  • Aethopyga nipalensis horsfieldi: W Himalayas (Garhwal to w Nepal)
  • Aethopyga nipalensis victoriae: W Myanmar (Chin Hills)
  • Aethopyga nipalensis karenensis: SE Myanmar (Karen Hills)
  • Aethopyga nipalensis australis: High mts. of s peninsular Thailand south of Isthmus of Kra
  • Aethopyga nipalensis blanci: High mts. of Laos
  • Aethopyga nipalensis ezrai: High mts. of s Vietnam
  • Aethopyga nipalensis angkanensis: High mts. of n Thailand (Doi Ang Ka)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Green-tailed Sunbird
Catalan:
suimanga cuaverd
Czech:
strdimil indomalajský
Danish:
Grønhalet Solfugl
German:
Grünschwanz-Nektarvogel
Spanish:
Suimanga Coliverde
Spanish (Spain):
Suimanga Coliverde
Finnish:
sateenkaarimedestäjä
French:
Souimanga à queue verte
Croatian:
tirkiznorepi medosas
Hungarian:
zöldfarkú nektármadár
Italian:
Nettarinia codaverde
Japanese (romaji):
midoriotaiyouchou
Japanese:
ミドリオタイヨウチョウ
Lithuanian:
Nepalinė smailiauodegė nektarinukė
Dutch:
Groenstaarthoningzuiger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Grønhalesolfugl
Norwegian:
Grønnhalesolfugl
Polish:
kwiatownik zielonosterny
Portuguese:
nectarínia-de-cabeça-turquesa
Portuguese (Portugal):
beija-flor-de-cauda-verde
Russian:
Гималайская нектарница
Slovak:
nektárovka zelenochvostá
Swedish:
grönstjärtad solfågel
Ukrainian:
Сіпарая непальська
Chinese:
绿喉太阳鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
綠尾太陽鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Souimanga à queue verte ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Souimanga à queue verte ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Nepal Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Nepal Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Nepal Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Aethopyga nipalensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Aethopyga nipalensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Aethopyga nipalensis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Green-tailed Sunbird ( Aethopyga nipalensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Aethopyga nipalensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Aethopyga nipalensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: সবুজলেজ মৌটুসি
Catalan: suimanga cuaverd
Czech: strdimil indomalajský, Strdimil zelenoocasý
Danish: Grønhalet Solfugl
German: Grünschwanz-Necktarvogel, Grünschwanz-Nektarvogel
English: Green-tailed Sunbird, Green-throated Sunbird, Nepal Sunbird, Nepal Yellow-backed Sunbird
English, HBW: Green-tailed Sunbird
English (IOC): Green-tailed Sunbird
English (United States): Green-tailed Sunbird
Spanish: Nectarina de Cola Verde, Suimanga Coliverde
Spanish (Spain): Suimanga Coliverde
Spanish (HBW): Green-tailed Sunbird
Finnish: Sateenkaarimedestäjä
French: Souimanga à queue verte
Croatian: tirkiznorepi medosas
Hungarian: zöldfarkú nektármadár
Italian: Nettarinia codaverde
Japanese (romaji): midori-o taiyō-chō, midoriotaiyouchou
Japanese: ミドリオタイヨウチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 緑尾太陽鳥
Scientific: Aethopyga nipalensis, Aethopyga nipalensis nipalensis, Cinnyris Nipalensis
Lithuanian: Nepalinė smailiauodegė nektarinukė
Latvian: zaļastes nektārputns
Malay: Burung Kelicap Ekor Hijau
Nepali: नेपाल बु·ेचरा
Dutch: Groenstaarthoningzuiger, Groenstaart-honingzuiger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grønhalesolfugl
Norwegian: Grønnhalesolfugl
Polish: kwiatownik zielonosterny
Pinyin: lǜ-hóu tàiyáng-niǎo
Portuguese: nectarínia-de-cabeça-turquesa
Portuguese (Portugal): beija-flor-de-cauda-verde
Russian: Гималайская нектарница, Зеленохвостая нектарница, Непальская острохвостая нектарница
Slovak: nektárovka zelenochvostá
Swedish: Grönstjärtad solfågel, Himalayasolfågel
Thai: นกกินปลีหางยาวเขียว
Thai (Transliteration): nók kin-plii hăaŋ-yaaw kʰĭaw
Turkish: Yeşil kuyruklu nektarkuşu
Ukrainian: Сіпарая непальська
Vietnamese: Chim Hút mật Nê pan, Chim Hút mật Nêpan, Hút mật Nepan
Chinese: 绿喉太阳鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 綠喉太陽鳥, 綠尾太陽鳥

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