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The sunbird is a medium-size species. The adult male has a glossy, metallic green head, throat upper breast and back with a golden sheen. The upper-tail coverts are metallic blue and the tail black glossed with blue. The throat and upper breast are metallic green, the lower breast scarlet and the rest of the underparts are dark olive. When displaying, yellow feather tufts are visible on the shoulders. As with other sunbirds the bill is long and decurved. The eye is dark brown while the beak, legs and feet are black. The adult female has dark greyish-brown upper parts and a blackish-brown tail.
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When to see the Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird
Ludwig's double-collared sunbird or the montane double-collared sunbird, is a small passerine bird which breeds in forested mountains above 1,800 m (5,900 ft) in western Angola as well as the Nyika Plateau of northern Malawi and northeastern Zambia. This bird is sometimes considered to be con-specific with the greater double-collared sunbird. It is sometimes placed in the genus Nectarinia.
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Easily confused with
Shelley's SunbirdCinnyris shelleyiShelley's sunbird is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae.
Forest Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris fuelleborniThe forest double-collared sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
Mayotte SunbirdCinnyris coquerelliiThe Mayotte sunbird is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
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