• Source: Fork-tailed sunbird

The fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) is a bird in the family Nectariniidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1869.
It is found in China, Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. These small birds, with decurved bill, call a soft and frequent "zwink-zwink" and a metallic trill. The bird appears in the most commonly used postal stamp of Hong Kong.




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• Fork-tailed sunbird
• Sunbird
• List of birds by common name
• List of sunbirds
• Hummingbird
• Conservation in Hong Kong
• List of birds of China
• List of least concern birds
• Aethopyga
• List of examples of convergent evolution