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Purple Sunbird Male

Cinnyris asiaticus (Eclipse pumage)

Photo by Aditi Rajan
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Purple Sunbird Male

Cinnyris asiaticus (Eclipse pumage)

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Ashish
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Aditi Rajan
I will definitely try to add the description habitat and notes to my spottings, thanks for the advice Ashish :)
Ashish
Aditi request you to take time to decorate your every spotting like what Daniele Pralong, Eulalia Rubio are doing... Hope you learn and follow their style in spotting... http://www.projectnoah.org/users/DanielePralong http://www.projectnoah.org/users/eulalia+rubio
Aditi Rajan
Thanks a lot Ashish! I have a few more shots ill upload them too.
Ashish
Aditi you shooting is so clear so able to check this... really good pictures..!!
Aditi Rajan
Yeah ur right about the purple feathers, its possible that its a Purple Sunbird in the breeding plumage
Ashish
Must be asiatica eclipse plumage...!!
Ashish
I feel its like too... I see Purple feathers on its wings and head.... http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/purple-sunbird-cinnyris-asiaticus/male-moulting
Aditi Rajan
Ya thats the one, but the photo on this links seems the closest , http://speciesguide.delhibird.net/internal/90/sunbird_lotens.htm
Ashish
Is this one...? http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=2141
Aditi Rajan
This bird was earlier placed in the genus Nectarinia, but now in Cinnyris
Aditi Rajan
The plumage is similar but the beaks are very different.I think this one resembled the Loten's sunbird female the most, except for the markings on the breast which i couldnt identify.
Ashish
Or Nectarinia lotenia hindustania http://speciesguide.delhibird.net/internal/90/sunbird_lotens.htm
Ashish
Is it alike... http://www.organicgringo.com/blue-throated-sunbird-2.html

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