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Mrs. Gould's Sunbird (Male)

 

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 Elizabeth Gould, a British artist and the wife of the naturalist John Gould.

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Uploaded on February 22, 2019
Taken on January 18, 2019