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Loten's Sunbird
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Loten's Sunbird

Cinnyris lotenius
BirdNET IDBN02723
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations1,824
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

Loten's sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius), also known as the long-billed sunbird or maroon-breasted sunbird, is a sunbird endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Named after Joan Gideon Loten, who was the Dutch governor of colonial Ceylon, it is very similar to the purple sunbird that is found in the same areas and also tends to hover at flowers for nectar, but can be distinguished by the longer bill, the maroon band on the breast and brownish wings. Like other sunbirds, it is also insectivorous and builds characteristic hanging nests.

Translated Descriptions (4)

es wikipedia
El suimanga de Loten (Cinnyris lotenius)​ es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Nectariniidae.​ Se encuentra en la India y Sri Lanka. Son aves paseriformes muy pequeñas que se alimentan abundantemente de néctar, aunque también atrapan insectos, especialmente cuando alimentan sus crías. El vuelo con sus alas cortas es rápido y directo.
fi wikipedia
Isomalabarinmedestäjä (Cinnyris lotenius) on medestäjien heimoon kuuluva varpuslintu.
nl wikipedia
Lotens honingzuiger (Cinnyris lotenius synoniem: Nectarinia lotenia) is een zangvogel uit de familie Nectariniidae (honingzuigers).
sv wikipedia
Långnäbbad solfågel (Cinnyris lotenius) är en fågel i familjen solfåglar inom ordningen tättingar. Den förekommer i södra Indien och Sri Lanka.

Common Names (43 locales)

bg Индийска нектарница
bho लोटन फुलसुंघी
bn Loten's Sunbird (Long-billed Sunbird)
ca suimanga de Loten
ceb Nectarinia lotenia
cs strdimil jihoindický
da Langnæbbet Purpursolfugl
de Lotennektarvogel
en Loten's Sunbird
es Suimanga de Loten
es_EC Suimanga de Loten
es_ES Suimanga de Loten
es_MX Suimanga de Loten
fi isomalabarinmedestäjä
fr Souimanga de Loten
gu લોટન્સ શક્કરખોરો
he צופית לוטן
hi Loten's Sunbird (Long-billed Sunbird)
hr indijski medosas
hu lótusz nektármadár
it Nettarinia di Loten
ja クリムネタイヨウチョウ
kn ಉದ್ದಕೊಕ್ಕಿನ ಸೂರಕ್ಕಿ
ml കൊക്കൻ തേൻകിളി
mr Loten's Sunbird (Long-billed Sunbird)
nl Lotenhoningzuiger
no langnebbsolfugl
nv Biʼééʼ Łigaii Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ chʼil bijeeh yidlání bidaaʼ nineezígíí
pl nektarnik długodzioby
pnb لوٹن رس پنچھی
pt loten's sunbird
pt_PT Loten's sunbird
ru Длинноклювая нектарница
sk nektárovka srpozobá
sr Dugokljuna sunčica
sv långnäbbad solfågel
ta லோட்டன் தேன்சிட்டு
te పెద్దముక్కు తేనె పిట్ట
tr Loten Nektarkuşu
uk Маріка довгодзьоба
war Nectarinia lotenia
zh 長嘴花蜜鳥
zh-CN 罗氏花蜜鸟

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#145203
eBirdlobsun2
Macaulay Librarylobsun2
Xeno-CantoCinnyris lotenius
GBIF7340540
NCBI2761170
AvibaseCinnyris-lotenius
BirdLife22717862