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nectar drinking crimson-backed sunbird
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Kedar Hegde (hegdekedar)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2010-11-22 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Exposure: f/5.6, 1/200 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2010-12-02 22:12 |
| Viewed: 2808 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Crimson-backed Sunbirds are tiny, even by sunbird standards, and are only 8 cm long. They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations for nectar feeding.
The adult male is velvety red on the mantle and wing coverts and there is a broad red breast band. The crown is shiny green and there are pink-violet patches on the throat and rump. The underside from the breast below is yellowish. There is a black edge to the bib that separates the yellow of the underside. The larger Purple-rumped Sunbird can appear very similar but this has darker maroon on the upperside and the flanks and vent are whitish. The eclipse plumage (non-breeding) of the male has more olive on the head and velvet red is restricted to the lower mantle and wing coverts. The female is olive-brown but the rump is distinctly red. They may be found in good numbers in flower-rich gardens at the edges of forests or plantations.
The calls include short chik calls and longer chee-chee-which-chee |
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Although a tad oof, it may be a TN first if not among only 1,2others.nice addition.
Bob
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