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What the Crimson-backed Sunbird sounds like
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Crimson-backed sunbirds are tiny, even by sunbird standards, and are only 8 cm long. They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations for nectar feeding. The adult male is velvety red on the mantle and wing coverts and there is a broad red breast band. The crown is shiny green and there are pink-violet patches on the throat and rump. The underside from the breast below is yellowish. There is a black edge to the bib that separates the yellow of the underside.
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When to see the Crimson-backed Sunbird
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Crimson-backed Sunbird
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Crimson-backed Sunbird
The crimson-backed sunbird or small sunbird is a sunbird endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Like other sunbirds, they feed mainly on nectar although they take insects, especially to feed their young. They are tiny birds that are resident and are found in forests but are particularly attracted to gardens at the edge of the forest where people grow suitable flower-bearing plants. They usually perch while taking nectar.
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Easily confused with
Black SunbirdLeptocoma aspasiaIt is a small songbird with a long down-curved bill and iridescent body.
Copper-throated SunbirdLeptocoma calcostethaCopper-throated sunbirds are small sized birds ranging from 12.2–13 cm.
Van Hasselt's SunbirdLeptocoma brasilianaVan Hasselt's sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
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