Sunbirds in Africa
Sunbiers are similar to hamming birds in Americas, but they are totally different in classification.
This is a male golden-winged sunbird taken in the Serengeti National Park
in Tanzania. This is a large species but still has only 23 cm including
the tail.
This is a amethyst sunbird taken in Naromoru, Kenya. This place is famous
for the base for climbing Mt. Kenya and also as a good baird watiching
place.
This must be a malachite sunbird. This beautiful species lives in high
altitude of East Africa. This particular photo was taken above 3000m on
the slope of the Mt. Kilimanjaro. The plant is a giant groundsel which
belongs to the family of chrysanthemum. There are nany unique strange plants
in the alpine zones of East Africa.
This may be a northern double-collard sunbird taken in Naromoru, Kanya.
This is a variable sunbird. Sunbirds are often difficult to identify because
they are small and their colors often differ from ones shown in books.
This is a male bronze sunbird.
This is a beautiful sunbird taken in the Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
This is a Hunter's sunbird. The chest color is significant though sometimes
difficult to distinguish from scarlet-chested sunbird shown below
This is a scarlet-chested sunbird taken in the Nairobi National Park, Kenya.
From this photo, it is difficult to distinguish it from a Hunter's sunbird.
This is a mariqua sunbird.
This is a Kenya violet-backed sunbird. This speceis has a straigh short
beak.