Vigors's sunbird (Aethopyga vigorsii), Sahyadri sunbird, or western crimson sunbird, is a species of sunbird which is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It has been considered as a subspecies of the crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) but it does not have the central tail as elongated and is restricted in its distribution.
The male has a scarlet throat and breast, while the rest of its under parts are uniformly grey. Its wings are grey-brown and lack yellowish-olive edges. However, it is yellow on the lower back and tail is bottle green.
The female's upperparts are dark olive, while its underparts are grey. A male who has not yet matured is similar to the female, but it has a dull scarlet throat and breast.
The species is distributed mainly in the northern Western Ghats but has been reported from the Nilgiris. It was named after Irish-born zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors by Colonel William Henry Sykes.
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El suimanga de Vigors (Aethopyga vigorsii) es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Nectariniidae endémica de los montes del oeste de la India. Anteriormente se consideraba una subespecie del suimanga siparaja (Aethopyga siparaja). Su nombre conmemora al zoólogo irlandés Nicholas Aylward Vigors.
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Le Souimanga de Vigors (Aethopyga vigorsii) est une espèce de passereaux de la famille des Nectariniidae. L'espèce est présente sur la côte ouest de l'Inde.
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Vigors' honingzuiger (Aethopyga vigorsii) is een zangvogel uit de familie Nectariniidae (honingzuigers). De vogel is genoemd naar de Ierse zoöloog Nicholas Aylward Vigors.
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Sahyadrisolfågel (Aethopyga vigorsii) är en asiatisk fågel i familjen solfåglar. Den förekommer enbart förekommer i västra Indien. Arten är nära släkt med karmosinsolfågeln (A. siparaja) och behandlades tidigare som underart till denna. IUCN kategoriserar den som livskraftig.