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Male
Photo by ionemosia
Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, September 2010

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 Sunbird-Asity

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes nectar.

References

  1. 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
  2. African Bird Club

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