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  1. Bird Photography Fork-tailed Sunbird @ Cuc Phuong National Park - northern Vietnam

    Bird Photography Fork-tailed Sunbird @ Cuc Phuong National Park - northern Vietnam

    Arrived at Cuc Phuong National Park - northern Vietnam, explored, made new friends, and spotted some cute sunbirds that frequently visited the plume blossoms. The flowers faded after a few days during my stay
  2. Crimson Sunbird in Sonder's Forest of Minahasa Highland

    Crimson Sunbird in Sonder's Forest of Minahasa Highland

    Here is the photograph of a male Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) that I saw in high elevation forest of Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa regency while I was guiding a tourist from England. The regency was located in the Province of North Sulawesi of the Republic of Indonesia. If you are...
  3. ike61095

    Are these brown-throated sunbirds? - Vietnam

    I captured these three sunbirds at different places and times. I believe they are all female brown-throated sunbirds, but their eyes seem to be black, not red as seen in other photos of the species. Please help me identify them correctly. Thank you.
  4. Tom St

    Sunbird in Thailand--Doi Inthanon NP

    Bird observed in Doi Inthanon National Park on 12th November 2022. Thanks for your help!
  5. So much ...

    So much ...

    ... color in ... winter as well ... ________________ Purple-rumped Sunbird ... male Mumbai 28 December 2023
  6. Javan Sunbird

    Javan Sunbird

    Many places in Java island with less poaching activity or protected by local community managed to still preserve several endemic species such as this beautiful Javan sunbird
  7. Adding ...

    Adding ...

    ... colors to the urban garden ... While males were busy nectaring porter's weed for a sugar high ... ... females were preferentially taking spiders ... My daughter's housing society in Mumbai ... ... and my granddaughter located the bird for me ... ___________________ Purple-rumped...
  8. Urbane ...

    Urbane ...

    Here's the lady ... Purple-rumped Sunbird ... in the thick urban milieu of Mumbai ... The males around were aggressively nectaring ... the females were feeding on aphids and small spiders ... preferentially _________________ Urban Garden Mumbai Maharashtra India 28.12.2022
  9. Enjoying the weed ...

    Enjoying the weed ...

    Here ... ... a colorful male ... Purple-rumped Sunbird enjoying the Porter's weed ... They have brush-tipped tubular tongues ... which, they use to sip the nectar ... _________________ Urban Garden Mumbai Maharashtra India 28.12.2022
  10. Megapolis birding ...

    Megapolis birding ...

    That yellow bird ... While in Mumbai ... One morning we decided to check out the lovely green patch of the residential society ... where our daughter lives ... Our granddaughter who turned 3 ... only a day ago ... and was testing her newly acquired bicycle came running to us ... come...
  11. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird, female. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  12. Welcome 2023

    Welcome 2023

    Purple-rumped Sunbird 27 December 2022
  13. Just showing ...

    Just showing ...

    Purple-rumped Sunbird ... male ... the purple of the rump is just showing ... In the garden of my daughter's residence in Mumbai ... Nectaring on Porter's Weed flowers ... ... captured in the morning today ... At less than 10 cm ... these are very small in size ... even among...
  14. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird in eclipse plumage Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  15. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  16. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male in eclipse Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  17. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird, Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  18. Himalayas-648 : Green tailed Sunbird male : singing : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Himalayas-648 : Green tailed Sunbird male : singing : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Watch the nectaring activity ... and enjoy the call ... and song of this fabulous Himalayan beauty ... Green-tailed Sunbird Ranikhet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 31 October 2022
  19. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird, Female. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  20. Himalayas-646

    Himalayas-646

    An uncommonly sighted Sunbird species seen in Himalayas ... ... the range extends to Southeast Asia ... ________ Green-tailed Sunbird ... immature male Aethopyga nipalensis Ranikhet Hill Station Altitude 6500 Uttarakhand Himalayas India 31 October 2022
  21. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird - after a sudden downpour. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  22. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird - Female. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  23. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  24. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird male in eclipse plumage. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  25. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
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