City - BIRBHUM State - WEST BENGAL Country - India
About
A typical Bird of Bengal/India named Moutushi in local Language.I found it in my garden. About Female Sunbird:The Loten's Sunbird or Long-billed Sunbird, Cinnyris lotenius (formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia), is one of a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar.
Sunbirds will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Their flight is fast and direct on their short wings.Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed most of the time.
Loten's Sunbird, (formerly classied as Nectarinia lotenia), is a fairly common resident breeder in forest and cultivation in India and Sri Lanka. Two eggs are laid in a suspended nest in a tree.
Loten's Sunbirds are small, only 12-13 cm long. They have long down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to their nectar feeding.
The adult male is mainly glossy purple with a grey-brown belly. It is similar to Purple Sunbird, but is larger, has a longer sickle-shaped bill, and a different belly colour.
The eclipse male has yellow-grey upperparts, darker than Purple Sunbird, and a yellow breast with a blue central streak extending to the belly. The female has yellow-grey upperparts and yellowish underparts, but lacks Purple's faint supercilium. The call is a sharp chit chit.
Great shot parthada. kotodin ei sunbird guloke dekhechi kintu kichutei chobi tulte pari ji. ato chotphot kore. jani na apni ki kore eguloke ato kache pan. sobcheye boro kotha egulor size kamon jani to . tai obak lage apnar skill dekhe.
Seriously Partha'da, with the proper equipment in hand, I feel you'll be a superb wildlife phtographer too! Hat's off boss for this one! This is really wonderful.
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{K:174085} 7/26/2007
