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Male
Photo by ionemosia
Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, September 2010

Alternative names: Sunbird Asity; Wattled Asity; False Sunbird

Neodrepanis coruscans

[edit] Identification

• Dull yellow underparts
• Brown streaks on the breast
• Blue caruncle around eye
• Blue brown upperparts
  

Female

• Dull underparts
• Yellow flanks and under tail
• Brown upperparts
• Light brown head

[edit] Similar species

Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity has bright yellow underparts and males have darker, more uniform upperparts.

[edit] Distribution

Highland forests of eastern Madagascar.
Fairly common and widespread.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Moist montane forests at a lower altitude than Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity. Occurs from sea-level up to 1500m, locally higher. Scarce below 400m.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds mostly on nectar, takes sometimes small insects.
Joins mixed-species flocks.
Little known about breeding. Nest building has been recorded from August to January.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334504
3. African Bird Club

• List of references

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