Mrs. Gould's sunbird

Mrs. Gould's sunbird
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Aethopyga
Species:	A. gouldiae
Binomial name
	Aethopyga gouldiae; (Vigors, 1831)

Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae) is a sunbird bird species native to forests and shrublands from the southern foothills of the Himalayas to Southeast Asia. Because of its large range, it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004.[1]

Nicholas Vigors first described the species in 1831, honoring bird artist Elizabeth Gould with both its common and scientific name.[2]

References

BirdLife International (2016). "Aethopyga gouldiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718077A94565475.
Lederer, Roger J. (2019). The Art of the Bird: The History of Ornithological Art Through Forty Artists. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-226-67505-3.

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[iucn-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Aethopyga gouldiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718077A94565475.

[Lederer-2] Lederer, Roger J. (2019). The Art of the Bird: The History of Ornithological Art Through Forty Artists. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-226-67505-3.