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Purple-rumped sunbird

Leptocoma zeylonica




1 species ID suggestions

Atul
Atul a year ago
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Leptocoma zeylonica

3 Comments

chimetsetan
chimetsetan a year ago

i wasn't close to it. i was on the road on my bike and it was on electric power lines more than 20 feet above ground. you are right, they are normally very shy birds, and flies away on approach. i am hoping for a better shot pretty soon. ;)

Piali Bopanna
Piali Bopanna a year ago

How did you get that close to it? The ones I've seen flit away the second I make a slight movement.

chimetsetan
chimetsetan a year ago

thank you atul for the identification... :)

Karnataka, India

Lat: 14.97, Long: 75.04

Spotted on Sep 22, 2011
Submitted on Sep 22, 2011

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