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Bates's sunbird is a very small dull green sunbird with a short, decurved bill a short tail and a yellowish belly. The male has dark olive upperparts, except for a vague pale supercilium, with paler greyer underparts with a pale buffy centre to the belly. The wings are dark brown with pale fringes and the tail is black with wide olive edges and tips to the outer tail feathers. There are long wispy yellow feathers on the sides of the breast, in the otherwise similar female these feathers are whiter and may be much reduced in length. They measure 9–10 cm in length and weigh 5.7–7g.
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When to see the Bates's Sunbird
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Bates's Sunbird
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Bates's Sunbird
Bates's sunbird is a species of sunbird in the family Nectariniidae which occurs in Western African forests and Central African rainforests, and locally in other types of forest in Central Africa.
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Easily confused with
Mayotte SunbirdCinnyris coquerelliiThe Mayotte sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
Mayotte SunbirdCinnyris coquerelliiThe Mayotte sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
Ludwig's Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris ludovicensisThe sunbird is a medium-size species.
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