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Loten's Sunbird

Cinnyris lotenius

Photo by adarsha.joisa
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Field Notes

Notes:

Though it looks like the purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus), this one has a longer curved beak, and the body shape is more like a loten's sunbird. Also, it hovers while feeding ( Reuben, Rachel (1984). "Feeding behaviour of sunbirds, Nectarinia zeylonica and N. lotenia". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83 (2): 445–446. )

Reference Links:

Loten's Sunbird, http://bit.ly/z1yCY9

Species ID Suggestions

Purple Sunbird

Cinnyris asiaticus

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Prinan
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