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| Vigors's Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii
- Adult male |
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| Photographer : | © Kuldeep Shukla |
| Location : | Butterfly Garden, Thane, Maharashtra, India |
| Date : |
2 June 2015 |
| English synonyms: | Crimson Sunbird, Western Crimson Sunbird, Yellow-backed Sunbird, Vigors’s Yellow-backed Sunbird |
| Bird Family : | Nectariniini - Sunbirds & Spiderhunters |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Unspecified |
| Remarks : | I was watching butterflies, suddenly a group of mixed sunbirds dive on a Red Powderpuff plant Calliandra haematocephala dominated by a male Purple-rumped Sunbird, who attacked all other species’s males, surprisingly this bigger male was also been ousted but the females of other species were enjoying nectar. - KDS |
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