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Amethyst Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird - Female

Photographer

» David Jolley

Location

» garden, New Germany, KZN

Country image taken

» South Africa

Date

» March, 2016

Equipment

» canon 7d + Sigma 150-500

Bird Species

»Chalcomitra amethystina - Amethyst Sunbird

Bird Species (French)

»Souimanga améthyste

Bird Family

»Nectariniidae - Sunbirds

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Note:- Deformed bill. Also the superciliary stripe which is indicative of Amethyst despite the dark underparts. Many field guides show much lighter underparts but C.a.amethystina in South Africa has a black throat, with chest and upper belly heavily blotched black. See Robert Geographic Variation of Southern African birds published by John Voelcker Bird Book Fund.

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