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Sun bird investigating curled up leaf, Ankarafantsika, Madagascar This nervous sun bird spend minutes messing with this curled up leaf. I'm not sure what the behavior means. Nest? Food? My guess is that this is a Souimanga sunbird, since Madagascar has only a few species of sun birds, and this one matches closely, visually that is. Africa,Ankarafantsika,Cinnyris sovimanga,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar North,Souimanga sunbird,Spring,World Click/tap to enlarge

Sun bird investigating curled up leaf, Ankarafantsika, Madagascar

This nervous sun bird spend minutes messing with this curled up leaf. I'm not sure what the behavior means. Nest? Food? My guess is that this is a Souimanga sunbird, since Madagascar has only a few species of sun birds, and this one matches closely, visually that is.

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The Souimanga sunbird

The souimanga sunbird is a small passerine bird of the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. It is native to the islands of the western Indian Ocean where it occurs on Madagascar, the Aldabra Group and the Glorioso Islands.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded May 31, 2016. Captured Oct 20, 2015 08:19 in 4, Madagascar.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO560
  • 400mm
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