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Sunbirds
   
   

Fig 1 : Crimson Sunbird - male
  

Fig 2 : Plain-throated Sunbird - male
 

Fig 3 : Plain-throated Sunbird - female


Fig 4 : Red-throated Sunbird - male


Fig 5 : Plain Sunbird - male
     

Fig 6 : Plain Sunbird - juvenile
   


Fig 7 : Black-throated Sunbird - male
 

Fig 8 : Black-throated Sunbird - female
 

Fig 9 : Copper-throated Sunbird - male


Fig 10 : Copper-throated Sunbird - female
 
 

Fig 11 : Olive-backed Sunbird (Ornate Sunbird) - female


Fig 12 : Olive-backed sunbird (Ornate Sunbird) - fledglings


Fig 13 : Flame-breasted Sunbird - male


 

 

 


 

Fig 1 :
Crimson Sunbird - male
Aethopyga siparaja
Location : Upper Seletar, Singapore
Habitat : Forest edge

Fig 2 :
Plain-throated Sunbird - male
Anthreptes malacensis
Location : Upper Peirce, Singapore
Habitat : Lowland, secondary forest edge

Fig 3 :
Plain-throated Sunbird - female
Anthreptes malacensis
Location : Songkhla, southern Thailand
Habitat : Back mangrove edge

Fig 4 :
Red-throated Sunbird - male
Anthreptes rhodolaemus
Location : Gua Kelam, Perlis, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Gardens, near karst forest

Fig 5 :
Plain Sunbird - male
Anthreptes simplex
Location : Ulu Chepor, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Primary forest edge

Fig 6 :
Plain Sunbird - juvenile
Anthreptes simplex
Location : Ulu Kinta, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Secondary, forest edge

Fig 7 :
Black-throated Sunbird - male
Aethopyga saturata
Location : Fraser's Hill, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Gardens, near montane primary rainforest

Fig 8 :
Black-throated Sunbird - female
Aethopyga saturata
Location : Fraser's Hill, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Gardens, near montane primary rainforest

Fig 9 :
Copper-throated Sunbird - male
Leptocoma calcostetha
Location : Sungei Buloh, Singapore
Habitat : Mangrove

Fig 10 :
Copper-throated Sunbird - female
Leptocoma calcostetha
Location : Sungei Buloh, Singapore
Habitat : Mangrove

Fig 11 :
Olive-backed Sunbird (Ornate Sunbird) - female
Cinnyris ornatus
Location : East Coast, Singapore
Habitat : Gardens
Notes : Constructing a nest from dried vegetation.

Fig 12 :
Olive-backed sunbird -
fledglings
Cinnyris ornatus
Location : Springleaf, Singapore
Habitat : Gardens

Fig 13 :
Flame-breasted Sunbird - male
Cinnyris solaris
Location : Flores, Indonesia.
Habitat : Cultivated land, near hill forest