van Hasselt’s Sunbird – Bird Ecology Study Group

23 Nov 2013

van Hasselt’s Sunbird feeding on Saraca flowers

by YC Wee | posted in: Feathers-maintenance, Feeding-plants, Videography, Vocalisation | 1

Jeremiah Loei’s video study of the van Hasselt’s Sunbird (Leptcoma brasiliana), also known as Purple-throated Sunbird, shows a pair feeding on the nectar of the Saraca flowers (Saraca sp.). The female, more interested in preening herself than feeding on the … Continued

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