The Temminck's Sunbird is a species of sunbird

Sunbird

The sunbirds and spiderhunters are a family, Nectariniidae, of very small passerine birds. There are 132 species in 15 genera. The family is distributed throughout Africa, southern Asia and just reaches northern Australia. Most sunbirds feed largely on nectar, but also take insects and spiders,...

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It is found in up to 1800 m altitude in Borneo

Borneo

Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....

, Sumatra

Sumatra

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, Malaysia, and south west Thailand

Thailand

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 in tropical or tropical moist lowland forest

Forest

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s and subtropical or tropical moist montane

Montane

In biogeography, montane is the highland area located below the subalpine zone. Montane regions generally have cooler temperatures and often have higher rainfall than the adjacent lowland regions, and are frequently home to distinct communities of plants and animals.The term "montane" means "of the...

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It is named after Dutch aristocrat and zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck

Coenraad Jacob Temminck

Coenraad Jacob Temminck was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death. His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe was the standard work on European birds...

, and has been considered conspecific with Scarlet Sunbird

Scarlet Sunbird

The Scarlet Sunbird or Javan Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand....

, Aethopyga mystacalis.

Temminck's Sunbird is 10 cm (female) -12.5 cm (male) long, . The longer-tailed male is mostly scarlet, except for a greyish belly, and yellow and purple bands between the back and tail. The female is drab olive, except for rufous fringes to the wing and tail feathers.