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title: "Fork-tailed Sunbird"
description: "Aethopyga christinae — Birds. The fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) is a bird in the family Nectariniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/fork-tailed-sunbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fork-tailed Sunbird

> Aethopyga christinae — Birds. The fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) is a bird in the family Nectariniidae.

- Scientific name: *Aethopyga christinae*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 2615
- Wikidata: [Q2742600](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2742600)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13428](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13428)

## Names

- en: Fork-tailed Sunbird
- de: Hainannektarvogel
- es: Suimanga de Christina
- fr: Souimanga de Christina
- nl: Vorkstaarthoningzuiger
- pl: Kwiatownik widłosterny

## Countries with the most observations

HK (1310), CN (817), TW (111), MO (70), VN (36)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork-tailed_sunbird

## Photo

![Fork-tailed Sunbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fork-tailed-sunbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69663869

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fork-tailed-sunbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).