Crimson Sunbird
I always wanted to get this bird and I was
lucky to sight it at Kek Lok Si Temple hill top road just below the KuanYin
statue venue. The better place to see it in the Penang botanical garden.
The Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja is a small passerine bird (11cm) which feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. 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. They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to their nectar feeding.
The Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja is a small passerine bird (11cm) which feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. 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. They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to their nectar feeding.
The adult male has a crimson breast and maroon back. The rump is yellow and the
belly is olive. The female on the other hand is plain with an olive-green back,
yellowish breast and white tips to the outer tail feathers. Their call is sharp
"chit-chit wee".By the way Crimson Sunbird is the national bird of Singapore.
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