Adorned Sunbird showing its tongue (Ornate Sunbird | Grünrücken-Nektarvogel | Souimanga à dos vert - Cinnyris ornatus)
The Ornate Sunbirds are honey-eating birds in tropical southern-east Asia. This species was considered to be conspecific (meaning part of the same species) with e.g. garden sunbirds and considered as sub-species of the olive-backed sunbirds. Only in the most recent IOC World Bird List 14.1, the former species of Olive-backed Sunbirds has bin split into eight separate species, after in-depth analysis of the mitochondrial DNA. The morphological difference is mostly by the color of the male birds, which varies quite a bit between the species. Singapore hosts the Ornate Sunbird, whose Latin name can also be translated as Adorned Sunbird.
Adorned Sunbird showing its tongue (Ornate Sunbird | Grünrücken-Nektarvogel | Souimanga à dos vert - Cinnyris ornatus)
The Ornate Sunbirds are honey-eating birds in tropical southern-east Asia. This species was considered to be conspecific (meaning part of the same species) with e.g. garden sunbirds and considered as sub-species of the olive-backed sunbirds. Only in the most recent IOC World Bird List 14.1, the former species of Olive-backed Sunbirds has bin split into eight separate species, after in-depth analysis of the mitochondrial DNA. The morphological difference is mostly by the color of the male birds, which varies quite a bit between the species. Singapore hosts the Ornate Sunbird, whose Latin name can also be translated as Adorned Sunbird.