";s:4:"text";s:2647:"Female Crimson Sunbird at Upper Peirce Reservoir . Crimson-backed Sunbird bird photo call and song/ Leptocoma minima (Cinnyris minima) An adult male Crimson Sunbird moulting.
Young males are similarly dull, but often have dull red patches, particularly on the breast.
Male Crimson Sunbird at Jelutong Tower. Binomial name: Aethopyga siparaja, Thomas Stamford Raffles, 1822 The Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) is a species of bird in the sunbird family which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Lena Chow‘s video clip below shows a Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) responding to another, which was calling on a nearby tree (you can hear the other call briefly at the start of the video).So this is probably a contact call? 9 g. Male nominate race has forehead to centre of crown glossed purple-green, hindcrown and sides The Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja was declared as the National Bird of Singapore when Dr. Shawn Lum, President of the Nature Society (Singapore) announced and shared this with fellow delegates at the 6th Asian Bird Fair Fellowship Dinner at the Quality… The crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) is a species of bird in the sunbird family which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding the young.Flight is fast and direct on their short wings.
Photo Credit: Francis Yap . 59 were here. This medium-sized sunbird of the Western Ghats is similar in appearance to Crimson Sunbird, but the two ranges do not overlap.