“Many birds feed on the flowers of Poikilospermum suaveolens to get to the nectar. I observed the Purple-naped Sunbirds (Hypogramma hypogrammicum nuchale) do this on two visits to this site (male in image above). There are many insects that visit the flowers but I do not see the birds picking those out but instead eating the flowers.
“A Plain Sunbird (Anthreptes simplex) feeding on the same flowers is shown above accompanied by a video below.
“Bird I have personally observed feeding on the flowers of Poikilospermum suaveolens (eat the flowers to get to the nectar):”
Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides wrayi
Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush Garrulax mitratus
Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna musarum
Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata wrayi
Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
Purple-naped Sunbird Hypogramma hypogrammicum nuchale
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma trigonostigma
Everett’s White-eye Zosterops everetti tahanensis
Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
8-9th August 2019
Location: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Habitat: Forest reserve
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