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Sunbirds are generally small birds with long, thin, down-curved bills and brightly coloured, iridescent plumages. [2] They display marked sexual dimorphism, and males are much more visually striking than females, who are usually dull green, brown, or grey. The spiderhunters (Arachnothera) are larger than other sunbirds and show less sexual ...
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Sunbird drinking nectar from typical bird-pollinated flower. As nectar is a primary food source for sunbirds, they are important pollinators in African ecosystems. Sunbird-pollinated flowers are typically long, tubular, and red-to-orange in colour, showing convergent evolution with many hummingbird-pollinated flowers in the Americas. [10]
Chalcomitra is a genus of African sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings.
They vary from the other sunbirds in the nature of their nest, which is suspended underneath a large leaf, usually a banana leaf but sometimes a palm frond or even a branch. The style of nest can be quite variable, a simple cup in the case of the streaked spiderhunter , an elongated tube for the yellow-eared spiderhunter and a bottle shape for ...
Mistletoes of 21 species in 12 genera have been found to be part of the diet of flowerpeckers, and it is thought that all species have adaptations to eat these berries and dispose of them quickly. Flowerpeckers may occur in mixed-species feeding flocks with sunbirds and white-eyes, as well as other species of flowerpecker.
Mangrove sunbird: Anthreptes gabonicus: Senegal to northwestern Angola. Western violet-backed sunbird: Anthreptes longuemarei: sub-Saharan Africa Eastern violet-backed sunbird: Anthreptes orientalis: Djibouti in north to Tanzania Uluguru violet-backed sunbird: Anthreptes neglectus: eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania, and north-eastern Mozambique ...
Cyanomitra is a genus of African sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings.