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Nectarinia jugularis/ Cinnyris jugularis
Photographed on a mango tree in an urban community.
You can see the male here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/171...
Wow,great series Jolly,beautifull bird,congrats on you 1th bird spotting :-) and thanks for sharing
Kuya my father said according to his experience, the one we have in visayas is a jugularis. Your spotting may be a juvenile because the beak is shorter. You can tell a jugularis through its nest. It is bigger than a fist and not so neatly made with some hanging trashes at the bottom - that part has actually a secret escape duct ( not recorded in books). The other species has a neat nest as big and shaped like a regular mango fruit and sometimes covered with a pair of leaves (usually built on Santol or Bunlaw Tree). Sorry I mistyped Nectarinia (thanks Ate Agnes).
I think it's a typo error on Shekai's suggestion: Nectarinia was spelled Nectorinia.
The 2 scientific names in question are synonyms (Cinnyris jugularis and Nectarinia jugularis) - https://taxo4254.wikispaces.com/Nectarin...
Although the IUCN uses Nectarinia jugularis - http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10600...
Shekainah and Jolly... check if this is matching or not...
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php...
Jolly, I see the two links, either this is the same bird ( sometimes they reclassify birds when they learn more through DNA testing and other means) or they are very similar birds but somehow different. I am two tired to try to research which is the case with your bird. I will lean toward the scientific name you suggest, simply because it is from your area.
Willie, what I was trying to point out is the scientific name. Please take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive-backe... . It looks like the same sunbird with different scientific name.
Jolly, I think your link is correct. I think this is the Cinnyris jugularis
Shekainah, please take a look at the link I provided. We could be talking about the same bird with 2 different scientific names.
Its a female, the male has a dark metallic blue color at the front of the neck down to the breast.
I think its a female, the male has a dark blue color at the front of the neck down to the breast.
I found a bird similar to this one. Can anyone confirm if this is the right ID? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive-backe...
Beautiful capture of your first bird with your new camera, Jolly. I hope you get years of enjoyment from it, and many wonderful captures as well.
I think Kuya its a Sunbird, we locally call it Tulamis. An insect eating bird with very high pitched voice. its favorite is spider.
Spotted on Mar 8, 2013
Submitted on Mar 8, 2013
