Purple Sunbird
Cinnyris asiaticus
22.5417, 88.3164
Field Notes
Description:
Tiny male purple sunbird in its metallic blue, iridescent, breeding plumage. Wings dark...almost black. Beak thin and slightly curved. Nectar feeder.
Habitat:
On a Delonix regia tree, singing its heart out.
Notes:
We were in the middle of a heat-wave and temperatures were around 40-42 degrees Celsius when there was a shower. The birds came out. Insects too and in the failing light this male sunbird sand such a lovely song...it was impossible not to think that like us, it was thankful for the rains.
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Purple Sunbird
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PublishedMay 26, 2014
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