Brown-throated Sunbird

How to identify

Field marks

1. Bill thick
2. Male upperparts with green and purple metallic gloss; underparts mainly yellow
3. Male wing coverts and scapulars chestnut

Male, female and young

Male brighter, with a green and purple metallic gloss on the upperparts and yellow underparts; female olive above and yellowish below.

Where and when it's recorded

Brown-throated Sunbird has been recorded at 461 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 11 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Singapore Botanic GardensSingapore2,016 records
2. Sepilok – Rainforest Discovery CenterMalaysia1,863 records
3. Sungei Buloh Wetland ReserveSingapore1,573 records

Countries and regions with the most records

SingaporeThailandMalaysiaIndonesiaCambodiaPhilippinesChinaVietnam

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The brown-throated sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis), also known as the plain-throated sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in south-east Asia, ranging from Myanmar to the Lesser Sundas and west Philippines.

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