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Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Kenya  Chalcomitra senegalensis,Geotagged,Kenya,Scarlet-chested sunbird,Summer Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

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  1. Great shot! Posted one year ago
  2. Spectacular! Love the color and how accentuated the long beak is. These birds are so fun to watch fly around, as agile as a hummingbird but with constant speed instead of hovering. Posted one year ago

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The scarlet-chested sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by DR_M_Z
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Uploaded Apr 23, 2024. Captured Jan 29, 2024 11:41 in JRXC+PXJ, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • OM-1
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO1250
  • 500mm