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Olive-backed Sunbird or Yellow-bellied Sunbird (female)

Cinnyris jugularis

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Description:

The Olive-backed Sunbird is common across southern China to the Philippines and Malaysia down to northeast Australia. They are small songbirds, at most 12 cm long. Common name for this bird is "tamsi" in the Philippines.

Habitat:

Urban garden.

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Olive-backed sunbird

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Wild Birds of the Philippines
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Biodiversity in Nueva Ecija, Philippines
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedJuly 10, 2014

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