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Crimson-backed Sunbird - BirdForum Opus

Leptocoma minima
Photo by James Williams. Location: Coorg, Karnataka, Southern India
Photo by Rakesh
Female photographed in Ponda, Goa, India

Identification

Only 8 cm

Distribution

Taxonomy

Several Sunbirds (including this one) of the genus Nectarinia have recently been moved into the genus Leptocoma.

Habitat

Forest, sholas, gardens, flowering trees and bushes in hilly evergreen biotope

Behaviour

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