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Tboli Sunbird

Aethopyga tibolii Kennedy, RS; Gonzales, PC; Miranda, HC 1997

The Apo sunbird is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Source: Wikipedia

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


Original description

Citation:
  Kennedy, RS; Gonzales, PC; Miranda, HC 1997

Reference:
   Auk 114, no.1 p.7

Protonym:
  Aethopyga boltoni tibolii

Type locality:
  5 April 1993 at an elevation of 1,321 m (ca. 6 05'N, 124 41'E), 3.1 km south and 1.0 km east of the peak (2,064 m) of Mr. Busa in the PangeRiver Drainage,Municipality of Kiamba, Sarangani Province, Mindanao, Philippines

Link:
  https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/auk/vol114/iss1/1/


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  EC546F78A35AFC8B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-EC546F78

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/EC546F78


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916473

Geographic range:

  • Aethopyga tibolii: southern Philippines (mountains of southern Mindanao)
English:
Tboli Sunbird
Bulgarian:
Тболийска нектарница
Catalan:
suimanga de Tboli
Czech:
strdimil tbolijský
Danish:
Mount Busa-aposolfugl
German:
Tbolinektarvogel
Esperanto:
tbolia nektarinio
Spanish:
Suimanga de T’Boli
Spanish (Spain):
Suimanga de T’Boli
French:
Souimanga des Tiboli
Japanese (romaji):
tsuboritaiyouchou
Japanese:
ツボリタイヨウチョウ
Dutch:
Aethopyga tibolii
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Tbolisolfugl
Norwegian:
tbolisolfugl
Polish:
kwiatownik ciemnogłowy
Portuguese:
nectarínia-dos-tbolis
Portuguese (Portugal):
beija-flor-tboli
Slovak:
nektárovka chvostnatá
Serbian:
Tboli sunčica
Swedish:
aposolfågel (tibolii)
Turkish:
Tboli nektarkuşu
Ukrainian:
сіпарая мінданайська
Chinese:
特博利太阳鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
特玻里太陽鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Apo Sunbird (tibolii) ( Aethopyga boltoni tibolii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Avilist 2025:
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Aethopyga [boltoni or tibolii] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Bulgarian: Тболийска нектарница
Catalan: suimanga de Tboli
Czech: strdimil tbolijský
Danish: Mount Busa-aposolfugl
German: Tbolinektarvogel
English: Apo Sunbird (tibolii), Tboli Sunbird
English (Avilist): Tboli Sunbird
English, HBW: Apo Sunbird (Tboli)
English (IOC): Apo Sunbird (Tboli)
English (United States): Tboli Sunbird
Esperanto: tbolia nektarinio
Spanish: Suimanga de Bolton (tibolii), Suimanga de T’Boli
Spanish (Spain): Suimanga de Bolton (tibolii), Suimanga de T’Boli
Spanish (HBW): Tboli Sunbird
French: Souimanga de Bolton (tibolii), Souimanga des Tiboli
French (Guyane): Souimanga des Tiboli
Japanese (romaji): tsuboritaiyouchou
Japanese: ツボリタイヨウチョウ
Scientific: Aethopyga boltoni tibolii, Aethopyga tibolii
Dutch: Aethopyga tibolii
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tbolisolfugl
Norwegian: tbolisolfugl
Polish: kwiatownik ciemnogłowy
Portuguese: nectarínia-dos-tbolis
Portuguese (Portugal): beija-flor-tboli
Slovak: nektárovka chvostnatá
Serbian: Tboli sunčica
Swedish: aposolfågel (tibolii)
Turkish: Tboli nektarkuşu
Ukrainian: сіпарая мінданайська
Chinese: 特博利太阳鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 特玻里太陽鳥

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