The nest isparasitized by Plaintive Cuckoo. The chicks are fed by both sexes, both also remove faecal sacs. They lay a clutch of 2-3 eggs.The incubation is done by female, guarded at nest by male. An important propagator of mistletoes, but considered a pest. Possible occurrence in W Myanmar requires corroboration. A new nest is constructed for each clutch. Common in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The nest is a pear-shaped or oval purse, usually with porch, constructed from grass, fibres and oddments, decorated externally with lichen, bark, moss, caterpillar frass, broken leaves and variety of other rubbish, lined with soft vegetable down, and suspended from tip of tree branch above ground, sometimes outside or inside dwelling, attached to creepers, trellis or wire. It is very active and forages singly and in pairs.īreeding habits: They breed in all months in India, Dec–Apr and Jul–Sept in South India, and Jun–Sept in West India in all months in Sri Lanka.The male helps female in nest construction, one nest completed in 6 days. It drinks nectar from flowers having large corollas. It is found at lowlands to 2100 m.įood habits: It eats insects, including caterpillars, also spiders,nectar and grapes and fruits. It is found in secondary forest, at forest edge, in farmland, dry cultivation, hedges, isolated trees, and gardens. The juvenile is as female, but throat and whole underparts are very pale lemon-yellow. The female is brown with olive tinge above, narrow whitish supercilium, blackish eyestripe, rufous edging on remiges, large pale grey terminal spots on outer rectrices throat and flanks are greyish-white, throat with buffy or slightly yellowish wash, breast and centre of belly are lemon-yellow. The upperwing and tail are black, remiges are edged brown metallic purple on throat bordered below by deep chestnut-maroon breast and centre of belly are lemon-yellow, flanks are greyish-white, vent and undertail-coverts are yellowish-white, large pale grey terminal spots on outer rectrices iris is orange-brown to reddish-brown bill is brownish-black legs are brownish or black. The male of nominate race has metallic green crown and shoulder patch, deep chestnut-maroon on side of head, nape and back, and metallic purple on rump and uppertail-coverts. Zeylonica: From Ceylon, modern Srilankaĭistribution in India: Widespread resident in Central and SouthIndia.ĭescription: Size of 10 cm wt.Leptocoma : Greek word leptos –delicate, fine kome – Hair.The nominate form is found in Sri Lanka and has a more bluish violet throat whereas the Indian form flaviventris has a more pinkish tinge.Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica The uppertail coverts are black and a weak supercilium is visible. The female has a white throat followed by yellowish breast. In the Western Ghats, it can overlap in some areas with the Crimson-backed Sunbird but that species has reddish upperparts. There are violet patches on the throat and rump which are visible only in good lighting. The males have a dark maroon upperside with a blue-green crown that is visible in some angles. ![]() ![]() The nest tree is a Chickoo (Manilkara zapota). The biotop: next to a park, along a road in Mysore. They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to their nectar feeding. Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica flaviventris) 0:09 Thorkild Michaelsen: : 06:30: India: Mysuru, Mysuru, Karnataka: 750: song : The bird sits next to its nest and sings daily. They can hover for short durations but usually perch to feed. Like other sunbirds, they are small in size, feeding mainly on nectar but sometimes take insects, particularly when feeding young. Purple-rumped Sunbirds are tiny at less than 10 cm long. The Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) is a sunbird endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. Males are brightly coloured but females are olive above and yellow to buff below. They build a hanging pouch nest made up of cobwebs, lichens and plant material. 1832) Purple-rumped sunbird Nectariniidae 0.04 3.33 0.41 (continued). Like other sunbirds, they are small in size, feeding mainly on nectar but sometimes take insects, particularly when feeding young. 1769) Red-rumped swallow Hirundinidae 0.03 2.38 0.32 35 Hirundo smithii (Leach. The Purple-rumped Sunbird is mainly from Indian Subcontinent.
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