Ruby-cheeked Sunbird – Bird Ecology Study Group

11 May 2023

New Food Item for the Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis

by LW Teo | posted in: bird, Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | 0

Wells (2007) indicates that in Peninsula Malaysia direct evidence of the Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis feeding on nectar is lacking and suggests that they eat mainly arthropods and insects. Cheke & Mann (2001) state that apart from insects and caterpillars they also feed … Continued

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