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Purple Sinbird

Cinnyris asiaticus

Habitat:

Found only in peninsular India and Sri Lanka. The main region is along the Western Ghats and into the southern peninsula

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4 Comments

SaurabhThakur
SaurabhThakur 11 years ago

Yes Satyen. You are right..I have edited name.

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

The beak of the Loten's Sunbird is very long. I think this is a purple sunbird. You can have a look: http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php... for Loten's Sunbird and http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php... for Purple Sunbird.

SaurabhThakur
SaurabhThakur 11 years ago

Thanks Seema. This sunbird was on a Plumeria tree(Chafa/Champa) just outside my house.

Seema
Seema 11 years ago

nicely clicked

SaurabhThakur
Spotted by
SaurabhThakur

Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Jan 5, 2013
Submitted on Jan 5, 2013

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