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Birds
Southern double-collared sunbird
Southern double-collared sunbird · Cinnyris chalybeus
Southern double-collared sunbirds with glittering plumage and curved bills bring lively activity to South Africa’s flowering landscapes.
Fact file
- Size
- Body length 12 cm, weight about 10 grams
- Males and females
- Male brightly coloured, female inconspicuous grey-brown
- Sounds
- Fast, high-pitched twittering, soft peeping while feeding
- Diet
- Nectar from flowers, occasionally small insects and spiders
- Offspring
- 2 eggs, incubation period about 14 days, mostly in the South African spring
How to identify Southern double-collared sunbird
Southern double-collared sunbirds are small and slender; the males shine with a strikingly iridescent greenish head, a blue nape band and a bright red breast band. The females wear discreet grey-brown plumage, which makes them less conspicuous.
Both sexes have a long, curved bill that is perfectly adapted to reaching floral nectar. Their rapid wing beats give them a hummingbird-like silhouette, especially when they hover in front of flowers.
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Where Southern double-collared sunbird live
South Africa
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