
Southern Double Collared Sunbird
The Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) is usually seen singly or in small groups. Its flight is fast and direct on short wings. It lives mainly on nectar from flowers, but takes some fruit, and, especially when feeding young, insects and spiders. It can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perches to feed most of the time.
The call is a hard chee-chee, and the song is high pitched jumble of tinkling notes, rising and falling in pitch and tempo for 3–5 seconds or more.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Double-collared_Sunbird
What a beautiful special bird! I don’t think that we have this sort of humming bird in Belgium,…lovely!
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thank you Sophie very special indeed
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