Behind the Lens

a blog every Friday on a specific species of animal or bird and stories of photos

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Wildlife, Bird Photography Siddhartha Mukherjee Wildlife, Bird Photography Siddhartha Mukherjee

Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird

The jewel-like Mrs. Goulds Sunbird is a bright scarlet with a blue tail and yellow underparts sometimes with bright blue patterns on the auricular and the side. This sunbird forages actively, often congregating in flowering trees. They are a species of hill and montane forests and forest edge, breeding as high as 4250 meters. It has a down-curved and pointed beak, typical for a nectar feeder.

They are widely distributed in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, India, Vietnam and Southern China.

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