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  1. 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
    • aloktewari
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    • india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sunbird sunbird urban bird biodiversity
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. 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
    • aloktewari
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    • india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai nectaring purple-rumped sunbird male india sunbird tubular brush-tipped tongue urban bird biodiversity
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. 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...
    • aloktewari
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    • garden bird india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sumbird sunbird urban birding
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. 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.
    • drjpmenon
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    • drjpmenon india leptocoma zeylonica purple-rumped sunbird
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Welcome 2023

    Welcome 2023

    Purple-rumped Sunbird 27 December 2022
    • aloktewari
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    • india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sunbird sunbird urban garden welcome 2023
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. 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...
    • aloktewari
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    • garden bird india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sumbird sunbird
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. 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.
    • drjpmenon
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    • cinnyris asiaticus drjpmenon eclipse plumage india purple sunbird
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
    • drjpmenon
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    • cinnyris asiaticus drjpmenon india purple sunbird
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. 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.
    • drjpmenon
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    • cinnyris asiaticus drjpmenon india purple sunbird
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird, Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
    • drjpmenon
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    • cinnyris asiaticus drjpmenon india purple sunbird
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. 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
    • aloktewari
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    • aethopyga nipalensis forest-edge green-tailed sunbird india ranikhet sunbird uttarakhand himalayas video
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird, Female. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
    • drjpmenon
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    • cinnyris asiaticus drjpmernon india purple sunbird
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. 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
    • aloktewari
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    • aethopyga nipalensis altitude 6500 feet green-tailed sunbird india male sunbird ranikhet sunbird uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. 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.
    • drjpmenon
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    • drjpmenon india leptocoma zylonica purple-rumped sunbird
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. 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.
    • drjpmenon
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    • drjpmenon india leptocoma zeylonica purple-rumped sunbird
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
    • drjpmenon
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    • cinnyris asiaticus drjpmenon india purple sunbird
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. 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.
    • drjpmenon
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    • cinnyris asiaticus drjpmenon eclipse plumage india purple sunbird
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
    • drjpmenon
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    • cinnyris asiaticus drjpmenon purple south india sunbird
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird , Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
    • drjpmenon
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    • drjpmenon leptocoma zeylonica purple-rumped south india sunbird
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Juvenile. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
    • drjpmenon
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    • cinnyris asiaticus drjpmenon india purple sunbird
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Female. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
    • drjpmenon
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    • cinnyris asiaticus drjpmenon india purple sunbird
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. Purple-rumped Sunbird : male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Purple-rumped Sunbird : male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    A male ... seen here in an urban garden in Mumbai ... A species of southern and eastern India ... it relatively recently extended its range northward ... up to Gujarat ... ___________ June 2019
    • aloktewari
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    • india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sunbird range extension sunbird video
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. 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.
    • drjpmenon
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    • drjpmenon india leptocoma zeylonica purple-rumped sunbird
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Male ) Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
    • drjpmenon
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    • drjpmenon india purple-rumped sunbird
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. Purple-rumped Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird

    Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
    • drjpmenon
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    • drjpmenon leptocoma zeylonica purple-rumped sunbird
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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