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Female Purple- Rumped Sunbird

Leptocoma zeylonica

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Drab grey on back, but a mellow yellow on the chest that shades into cream coloured abdomen. Curved needle-like beak. Comparatively less fearful than the male and allows the photographer to approach.

Habitat:

Flowering plants, especially the tubular sort. Here it is on the Tecoma capensis.

Notes:

Makes a happy chirping sound.

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Purple-rumped Sunbird

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