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Purple Wings gullahatti kaval, Backdoor entry to the bannerghatta forest, here I found highly populated sunbirds, especially purple sunbird. purple sunbirds do try to hover like humming birds for a short period of time. Bangalore,Bannerghatta,Cinnyris asiaticus,Geotagged,India,Purple sunbird,Winter Click/tap to enlarge

Purple Wings

gullahatti kaval, Backdoor entry to the bannerghatta forest, here I found highly populated sunbirds, especially purple sunbird. purple sunbirds do try to hover like humming birds for a short period of time.

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The Purple sunbird

The purple sunbird is a small sunbird. Like other sunbirds they feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. They have a fast and direct flight and can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird but often perch at the base of flowers. The males appear all black except in some lighting when the purple iridescence becomes visible. Females are olive above and yellowish below.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by prabhakareight
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Uploaded Feb 10, 2015. Captured Feb 6, 2015 09:45 in Gullahatti Kaval Bus Stop, Gullahatti Kaval, Karnataka 562112, India.
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  • NIKON D3300
  • f/7.1
  • 1/1600s
  • ISO400
  • 150mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.