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ShrublandDomed nestTiny · 10 g
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The Abyssinian sunbird is highly dimorphic and has three distinct plumages, juvenile, immature and adult. Adult males in breeding plumage have brilliant metallic green upperparts and throat, a violet or blue crown, a bright red band across the breast with a narrow line of metallic blue, and blue-black wings and tail. The females are brownish-buff, paler below. These small sunbirds mainly feed on nectar and small insects.
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When to see the Abyssinian Sunbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Abyssinian Sunbird
The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Sudan.
About the Abyssinian Sunbird
The Abyssinian sunbird, formerly the shining sunbird, is a species of passerine bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. The Arabian sunbird was formerly treated as a subspecies.
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Easily confused with
Rwenzori Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris stuhlmanniThe sunbird is a large-sized species.
Black-bellied SunbirdCinnyris nectarinioidesThe black-bellied sunbird can be characterized by a curved bill used for nectar feeding and a small frame.
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