Showing posts with label Sunbird Purple-naped. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunbird Purple-naped. Show all posts

13 March, 2010

Male Purple-Naped Sunbird

13th March 2010, Kemensah, Selangor

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This is the first time that I was able to capture  a  male Purple–Naped Sunbird   with the purple colouration actually visible!
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When he gets excited he raises the feathers above the nape exposing more of the brilliant purple feathers.

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23 January, 2010

Purple-Naped Sunbird

23rd January 2010,  Kemensah, Selangor

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Met Mikebirder waiting for his Black Capped Babbler near the Telekom tower . The bird didn’t make an appearance so  Mike suggested that we try a different trail  today where his buddy had found  a Straw headed Bulbul.

This  trail  yielded a few lifers for me . This is one of them, a female Purple-naped Sunbird (Hypogramma hypogrammicum).

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