Olive-backed Sunbird (species: Nectarinia jugularis) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Nectarinia jugularis
Olive-backed Sunbird


©Ceri Pearce: A male Sunbird at Lizard Island

©Ceri Pearce: A female Olive-backed Sunbird at Lizard Island.

©Keesha Millar: A female Nectarinia jugularis with chicks at Lizard Island Research Station.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Nectariniidae
Genus Nectarinia
Species Nectarinia jugularis
Status unspecified

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia: Common at Lizard Island year-round

Web resources

References

  • Gates, J. and P. Hoyle (1990). Lore from the Lizard: Lizard Island Research Station, Australian Natural History, 23(4): 314-321. LIRS catalog number 402.
  • Smith, G.C. (1987). The birds of Eagle Island, a tropical sand cay on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sunbird, 17(1): 1-11. LIRS catalog number 245.