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Variable sunbird, female

Cinnyris venustus

Description:

Variable Sunbirds are small, only 10cm long. They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to their nectar feeding.The female has grey-brown upperparts and yellowish underparts, and an obvious pale supercilium.

Habitat:

Seen in urban Nairobi


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Nairobi, Kenya

Lat: -1.28, Long: 36.82

Spotted on Jun 6, 2012
Submitted on Jun 28, 2012

Reference

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