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The plumage of male yellow-bellied sunbird-asities is very bright, with clean yellow undersides and dark black upper sides with an iridescent blue sheen; the females are duller. The eye is surrounded by a bright blue wattle which derives its colour, like the rest of the asities, from bundles of collagen. The bill is long and decurved, as it is adapted for nectar feeding.
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When to see the Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity
The yellow-bellied sunbird-asity is a small species of passerine bird from the asity family. The male has black upper parts with a bluish sheen and yellow underparts, and is sometimes known simply as the yellow-bellied asity. It is found only in montane rainforests of Madagascar where it feeds on nectar that it sips from flowers, defending a good nectar source from other nectar-feeding birds. It is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as "vulnerable" due to the diminution and fragmentation of its forest habitat.
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