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Gray-hooded Sunbird

Aethopyga primigenia
Family
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Order
Passeriformes
Codes
gyhsun2, GHSU
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilySunbirds and Spiderhunters (Nectariniidae)
SpeciesAethopyga primigenia
Codesgyhsun2, GHSU
Identification

The Gray-hooded Sunbird (Aethopyga primigenia) is a member of the Sunbirds and Spiderhunters family within the order Passeriformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code gyhsun2 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Anchieta's Sunbird
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Plain Sunbird
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Gray-hooded Sunbird photo
(c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, kai kurios teisės saugomos (CC BY), uploaded by Forest Botial-Jarvis

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Aethopyga primigenia

Family: Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Order: Passeriformes

eBird Code: gyhsun2