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Purple-rumped Sunbird / মৌটুসি / Leptocoma zeylonica

A colorful sunbird: the male has a green metallic crown and shoulder patch, a dark brown body with purple rump, a purple throat, lemon-yellow underparts, and whitish flanks. The female is a light grayish-brown above and pale yellow below. The female can be separated from the female Purple Sunbirds by their grayish-white (not yellow) throat. Often seen hopping and hovering around flowers, picking up insects, and probing flowers for nectar. The song is a twittering "tityou, tityou, trritt, tityou."

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Uploaded on June 23, 2024
Taken on June 2, 2024