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| Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis obscurior
- Adult male |
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| Photographer : | © Ely Teehankee |
| Location : | San Juan, Metro Manila, Luzon, the Philippines |
| Date : |
4 October 2010 |
| English synonyms: | Black-breasted Sunbird, Black-throated Sunbird, Olive backed Sunbird, Yellow-bellied Sunbird, Yellow-breasted Sunbird, Ornate Sunbird (ornatus, polyclystus, flammaxillaris, rhizophorae, andamanicus, proselius, blanfordi, klossi), Garden Sunbird (jugularis, obscurior, aurora, woodi), Sahul Sunbird (frenatus, clementiae, plateni, robustirostris, teysmanni, buruensis, keiensis), Clementia's Sunbird (clementiae, buruensis, keiensis), Tukangbesi Sunbird (infrenatus), Flores Sea Sunbird (teysmanni) |
| Bird Family : | Nectariniini - Sunbirds & Spiderhunters |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | I was invited by my friend Raymond to his house early this morning to see this Olive-backed Sunbird. I thought the bird was carrying a stick on his beak but it turned out that it had a crossed bill probably due to some accident when it was young. You will notice that the upper mandible crosses over the lower mandible to its left. It is very fortunate that the bird takes in food with its tongue by collecting nectar with it and has survived with this very difficult set of crossed mandibles. I was able to take some pictures of this Sunbird at 7.25 meters but at ISO 3200, f/5.6, 1/320 sec. - ET |
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