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Mrs. Gould's sunbird is a small sunbird. It has a down-curved and pointed beak, typical for a nectar feeder. The iris of the eye is usually deep brown, and the tarsus is black. The male Mrs. Gould's sunbird is bright and colourful. The forehead to crown, supercilium and throat of the sunbird are deep violet. The lore, the auriculars and the malar region, the nape, mantle and side are bright red to deep scarlet. Bright blue patterns may be present on the auricular and the side. The coverts and wingbars to the primary feathers are brown or olive green. The belly and vent are yellowish-green.
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When to see the Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
The map shades 10 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 Bangladesh.
About the Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
Mrs. Gould's sunbird is a sunbird species native to forests and shrublands from the southern foothills of the Himalayas to Southeast Asia.
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Easily confused with
Fork-tailed SunbirdAethopyga christinaeThe fork-tailed sunbird is a bird in the family Nectariniidae.
Vigors's SunbirdAethopyga vigorsiiVigors's sunbird, Sahyadri sunbird, or western crimson sunbird, is a species of sunbird which is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
Fire-tailed SunbirdAethopyga ignicaudaThe fire-tailed sunbird is a species of sunbird in the family Nectariniidae.
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