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Olive-backed Sunbirds: Feeding or checking potential nesting site?
12 Jul 2016

Olive-backed Sunbirds: Feeding or checking potential nesting site?

by BESG | posted in: Miscellaneous, Sunbirds, Videography | 0

In June 2015 I attached bags of red chillies (Capsicum annuum) from the rafters of my porch to discourage Common Fruit Bats from roosting. The exercise was a success and the chillies, now dried, have yet to be removed (below). … Continued

Crimson Sunbird – juvenile male feeding on Combretum constrictum
10 Jul 2016

Crimson Sunbird – juvenile male feeding on Combretum constrictum

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants, Sunbirds | 0

“While at the hospital I was supporting I had chance to look around the compound and saw this juvenile male Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja siparaja) nectar feeding. “It is a male as the tail was already a darker shade of … Continued

Crimson Sunbird
Olive-backed Sunbird nesting in a watering pot
5 Jul 2016

Olive-backed Sunbird nesting in a watering pot

by BESG | posted in: Nesting, Sunbirds | 6

“The Olive-backed Sunbirds (Cinnyris jugularis) were trying to build a nest in the pine tree (Araucaria sp.) on my balcony but were not successful after two attempts. So I decided to give them a hand by installing a watering pot … Continued

Olive-backed Sunbird
Brown-throated Sunbird – nesting
28 Jun 2016

Brown-throated Sunbird – nesting

by BESG | posted in: Nesting, Nests, Sunbirds | 1

“Brown-throated Sunbirds (Anthreptes malacensis malacensis) are very common in urban environments but spotting a nest has always been a bit of a challenge. I recently observed 3 nests and want to share some observations. I think the reasons the nest … Continued

Brown-throated Sunbird
Olive-backed Sunbird: Feeding nestling or attempted infanticide
27 Jun 2016

Olive-backed Sunbird: Feeding nestling or attempted infanticide

by BESG | posted in: Feeding chicks, Intraspecific, Sunbirds, Videography | 0

“The video below was taken at Satay By The Bay in March 2016. It was taken at full HD at 100 frames per second played back at 25 frames per second. “The adult male Olive Backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) was … Continued

Olive-backed Sunbird
Crimson Sunbird and Dischidia major flowers
24 May 2016

Crimson Sunbird and Dischidia major flowers

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants, Sunbirds | 0

David Tan’s image shows a male Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) taking nectar from a flower of an ant plant, Dischidia major (previously D. rafflesiana, identified by Johnny Wee). Dischidia major is a creeping epiphyte that grows on the branches of … Continued

Crimson Sunbird
Crimson Sunbird: Post-juvenal Moult
18 May 2016

Crimson Sunbird: Post-juvenal Moult

by BESG | posted in: Feathers-maintenance, Sunbirds | 4

“The male Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) above looks like it is just completing its first post-juvenal moult. The crimson plumage has yet to be uniformly developed as seen HERE. “A newly hatched male Crimson Sunbird is naked. The first feathers … Continued

Crimson Sunbird
Olive-backed Sunbird feeding on Yellow Flame flowers
14 May 2016

Olive-backed Sunbird feeding on Yellow Flame flowers

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants, Sunbirds | 0

“I was watching a nesting pair of Olive-backed Sunbirds (Cinnyris jugularis) in the city when the female took a break to feed on the nectar of the flowers of the Yellow Flame Tree (Peltophorum pterocarpum). “I was taken by surprise … Continued

Olive-backed Sunbird
Brown-throated Sunbird – juvenile feet
11 Apr 2016

Brown-throated Sunbird – juvenile feet

by BESG | posted in: Morphology-Develop., Sunbirds | 0

“When birds are happy to get near, I am happy to document. “The feet of a juvenile, most likely female, Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis malacensis) – anisodactyl structure. “A ‘booted’ appearance.” Note: According to Erritzoe et al. (2007), a bird … Continued

Brown-throated Sunbird
Plain Sunbird – feeding behaviour
19 Mar 2016

Plain Sunbird – feeding behaviour

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants, Sunbirds | 0

“I have been watching the Plain Sunbird (Anthreptes simplex) feeding over two days; single bird and a pair. In the past: ‘No confirmation of this behaviour (nectar feeding) seems to exist for the review area (Wells, 2007). In addition data … Continued

Plain sunbird

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