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What the Purple-rumped Sunbird sounds like
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Purple-rumped sunbirds are tiny, at less than 10 centimetres (4 in) long. They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations for nectar feeding. Purple-rumped sunbirds are sexually dimorphic. The males have a dark maroon upperside with a blue-green crown that glistens at some angles, bright green shoulder patch and violet/purple rump patch which is generally hidden under the wings. The underparts are whitish with dark throat, maroon breast band and purple/violet patch in the throat which is visible in some angles.
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When to see the Purple-rumped Sunbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Purple-rumped Sunbird
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Purple-rumped Sunbird
The purple-rumped sunbird is a sunbird endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. Like other sunbirds, they are small in size, feeding mainly on nectar but sometimes take insects, particularly when feeding young. They can hover for short durations but usually perch to lap nectar from flowers. They build a hanging pouch nest made up of cobwebs, lichens and plant material. Males are contrastingly coloured but females are olive above and yellow to buff below. Males are easily distinguished from the purple sunbird by the light coloured underside while females can be told apart from males by their whitish throats.
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Easily confused with
Crimson-backed SunbirdLeptocoma minimaCrimson-backed sunbirds are tiny, even by sunbird standards, and are only 8 cm long.
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.
Side by side: Crimson-backed Sunbird vs Purple-rumped Sunbird · Black Sunbird vs Purple-rumped Sunbird · Copper-throated Sunbird vs Purple-rumped Sunbird
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