Alternative name: Sunbird Asity[1]
- Neodrepanis coruscans
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
Distribution
Highland forests of eastern Madagascar.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Moist montane forests at a lower altitude than Yellow-bellied Asity
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes nectar.
References
- 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
- African Bird Club
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Common Sunbird-Asity. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 June 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Common_Sunbird-Asity


