Sunbird - Zambia (1 Viewer)

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Waxwings

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• Dec 28, 2019

• #1

This was seen in North Luangwa National Park in August.

 

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Andy Adcock

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• Dec 28, 2019

• #2

Has to be Copper I think.

 

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Kamba

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• Dec 28, 2019

• #3

I would have called it Amethyst and put the green tinge down to a bit of foliage between the camera and the bird. Problem is in August, Copper will not be in full colour which makes it a bit tricky without a nice clear shot.

 

Andy Adcock

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• Dec 29, 2019

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Kamba said:

I would have called it Amethyst and put the green tinge down to a bit of foliage between the camera and the bird. Problem is in August, Copper will not be in full colour which makes it a bit tricky without a nice clear shot.

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I agree, Is it a different race to one's I've seen which always appear black?

 

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Kamba

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• Dec 29, 2019

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I honestly don’t know. I know the South African one is a different subspecies and the only difference is that it has iridescent feathers on the rump which our Zim birds don’t. To the eye they normally just look black. With a photo in reasonable light you’ll see the iridescence as in your pic.

 

Tib78

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• Dec 29, 2019

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The OP bird is a Scarlet-chested sunbird. You can actually just see the breast colour and the brownish wings are typical too (and not seen in Amethyst as far as I recall).

 

Andy Adcock

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• Dec 30, 2019

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Tib78 said:

The OP bird is a Scarlet-chested sunbird. You can actually just see the breast colour and the brownish wings are typical too (and not seen in Amethyst as far as I recall).

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General plumage fits better from pics on Google but SASOL is very misleading.