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A sip of nectar! Sunbird Geotagged,India,Leptocoma zeylonica,Nikon D7100,Purple-rumped sunbird,Winter,birds,nectar,tamron,wildlife Click/tap to enlarge

A sip of nectar!

Sunbird

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Great photo, they're very fast so it's impressive that you got this close. Do you happen to know which species of sunbird it is? Posted 10 years ago
    1. View abhitap's profile
      abhitap
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      this is female of 'purple rumped sunbird' :-) Posted 10 years ago
      1. View Ganesh Seshachar 's profile
        Ganesh Seshachar
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        Thank you Abhitap Posted 10 years ago

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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 feed.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by abhitap
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By Ganesh Seshachar

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Uploaded Feb 27, 2015. Captured Jan 17, 2015 12:47 in 9, Balagere Road, Chinnappa Layout, Devasthanagalu, Varthur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560087, India.
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  • NIKON D7100
  • f/6.0
  • 1/750s
  • ISO720
  • 360mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.