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“A common yet delightful bird that can become quite confiding is the Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis malacensis). Some comments on plumage of the male. I am using Wells 2007 and […]
The Ornamental Banana (Musa ornate) is a dwarf banana plant with attractive pink flowers (above). Flowers are unisexual. Male and female flowers are packed between layers of bracts in the […]
![Costus sonii [wyc]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Costus-sonii-wyc-q8dfntoecgazzxikg322kb38sk5p4ehac85kydmcfk.jpg "Costus sonii [wyc]")
Both the male and female Olive-backed Sunbirds (Nectarinia jugularis) were caught on video (below) stealing nectar from flowers of Costus woodsonii, commonly known as Scarlet Spiral Flag (above). Stealing here […]
Jeremiah Loei’s video shows very clearly the male Olive-backed Sunbirds (Nectarinia jugularis) stealing nectar from flowers of the Scarlet Spiral Flag (Costus woodsonii). This is done by probing its bill […]
I have a large pot of Firecracker Plants that produces stalks of red flowers (Russelia equisetiformis) as well as yellow flowers (R. equisetiformis ‘Yellow Gold’) (above). Sunbirds love to visit […]
![SunbirdRCk [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SunbirdRCk-AmarSingh-1-q8dg6gt5w5tq9ifpl55p0lqcxo9rsahmwhy9lxz90w.jpg "SunbirdRCk [AmarSingh]")
“More frugivory observations for this Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis interposita) with both male and female feeding on Ficus benjamin fruit (above, below). “They have this curious habit of calling almost […]
I have a small patch of Ornamental Bananas (Musa ornate) growing in front of my porch. It took me more than a year to get them looking as lush as […]
“It has been very fortunate for me that I had the opportunity to observe at very close range the nesting behavior of our Olive Backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis, and it […]
“Spent some time observing the pair of Olive-backed Sunbirds’ (Cinnyris jugularis) daily routine of feeding their two chicks and maintaining the nest cleanliness,” recounted KC Tsang. “I noticed that the […]
![SunbirdRCH [AmarSingh] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SunbirdRCH-AmarSingh-1-q8dfntoecgazzxikg322kb38sk5p4ehac85kydmcfk.jpg "SunbirdRCH [AmarSingh] 1")
“I observed another episode of frugivory by Ruby-cheeked Sunbirds (Chalcoparia singalensis interposita) today. “Most literature supports insect and nectar feeding for this sunbird but I have observed fruit feeding more […]
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