Lina's sunbird

Lina's sunbird (Aethopyga linaraborae) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae It is endemic to mountains in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

It is one of the most striking sunbirds in the country with the male having an iridescent blue color and an orange spot on its yellow breast.

Has a long, curved bill, an olive back, an orange mark in the middle of the chest and a bluish tail with white tips.

"[3] This species was formerly conspecific with the Apo sunbird but was split by Robert Kennedy, Pedro Gonzales and Hector Miranda in 1997.

However, there it is still affected by habitat loss through deforestation, mining, land conversion and slash-and-burn - just not to the same extent as lowland forest.

A Philippine stamp in 2009 depicting the Lina's sunbird