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Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

Photo by Jared Hersch
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Field Notes

Description:

Collared Sunbirds are tiny, only 9–10 cm long. They have short thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to nectar feeding.

Habitat:

This species is found in forests near water.

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