Mrs. Gould's sunbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Nectariniidae |
Genus: | Aethopyga |
Species: | A. gouldiae |
Binomial name | |
Aethopyga gouldiae (Vigors, 1831) |
The Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The Irish ornithologist Nicholas Vigors named the bird after the wife of the artist John Gould.