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Cinnyris asiaticus
The males appear all black except in some lighting when the purple iridescence becomes visible. Females are olive above and yellowish below. There is a pale supercilium beyond the eye. There is a darkish eye stripe. The throat and breast are yellow becoming pale towards the vent. The outer tail feathers are tipped in white both in the male and female. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Sunb......)
The species is distributed widely from West Asia through the Indian Subcontinent and into Southeast Asia.
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Thank you, Maria dB
nice series!