Sunbird on Tilt-head Aloe

A Greater Double-collared Sunbird male (Cinnyris afra) on a Tilt-head Aloe (Aloe speciosa) native to the Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa (Winter, July 2008).

 

Local names for Aloe speciosa: Spaansaalwyn, Slaphoringaalwyn.

 

Best viewed LARGE.

 

More Sunbird photos HERE.

 

More photographs of Birds on Aloes.

 

Martin

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Administrator of:

Stapeliad & Asclepiad Group

All things beautiful in Nature Group

Succulent Treasures of the Desert Group

The World Up-Close (Nature Macro) Group

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