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Aethopyga siparaja (Raffles). Raffles’ Sunbird. 
Aethopyga siparaja siparaja (Raffles). 
Certhia siparaja Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc, xiii, 1821 , p. 299: 
Sumatra, 
Aethopyga eupogon Cab., Mus. Hein. i, 1850, p. 103: Borneo. 
Aithopyga chalcofiogon Reichenb., Handb. Scans. 1854, p. 303, pi. 586: 
Borneo. 
Aethopyga siparaja tinoptila Oberh,, Smiths. Misc. Coll, lx, No. 7, 1912, 
p. 18 : Siumut Island, West Sumatra. 
Aethopyga siparaja melon etra Oberh., Smiths. Misc. Coll, lx. No. 7, 
1912, p. 18: Lasia Island, West Sumatra. 
Aethopyga siparaja ochropyrtka Oberh., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus, gS, igt7, 
p. 65 : Rittan Island, Anamba Islands, 
Aethopyga siparaja heliophiletica Oberh., Tourn. Wash, Ac. Sci. xiii, 
1923, p. 23t : Bangkaru Island, Banjak Islands, West Sumatra, 
Distr* — Malay Peninsula; Anamba Islands, 
Sumatra; Rhio Archipelago; Billiton; West Sumatran islands 
of Simalur, Babi, Lasta, and Banjak group. 
Borneo; Banguev Island; Marahia Islands; Karimata Islands, 
Aethopyga siparaja cara Hume. 
Aethopyga cara Hume, Stray Feathers, it, 1875, p. 473; South of 
Moulmein, Tenasserim. 
Distr. — Peninsular Siam. 
Aethopyga siparaja niasensts Hart. 
Aethopyga. siparaja niasensis Hartert, Ora. Monatsbr, vi, 1S9S, p. 
92 : Nias Island. 
Distr. — Nias Island, West Sumatra. 
Aethopyga siparaja photina Oberh. 
Aethopyga siparaja photina Oberholser, Smiths. Mtsc. Coll, lx, no. 
7, 1912, p. 18 : North Pagi Island. 
Aethopyga siparaja sibern Chasen and Kloss, Ibis, 1926, p. 298 : Siberut 
Island, West Sumatra. 
Distr. — West Sumatra islands of Siberut, Si para, North and South 
Pagi. 
^Aethopyga siparaja heliogona Oberh, 
Aethopyga siparaja heliogona Oberholser, Journ. Wash. Acad. Set. 
xiii, 1923, p, 232 : Java. 
Distr.— Java (west), 
Aethopyga siparaja na tunas Clias. 
Aethopyga siparaja natunce Chasen, Bull. Raffles Mus. 9, 1934, p. 
97 ; Bunguran Island, North Natuna Islands. 
Distr.— North Natuna Islands. 
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