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@birdgirl3948.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 9:20 AM

Here is the national bird of Palestine, the Palestine sunbird!

Palestine sunbirds belong to the Cinnyris genus, being Cinnyris osea. Like all sunbirds, they belong to the Nectariniidae family, a Passerine bird family.

#birds #sunbirds #palestine #gaza #freepalestine #freegaza

Male Palestine sunbird drinking nectar from a purple flower.

Male Palestine sunbirds have iridescent green and blue feathers on their heads, top of their wings, and backs, while the bottom of their wings and bellies are brown, and the back of their tails are black. They have black, slender, curved beaks and grey legs. Like all passerines, their feet have three toes pointing forward and one toe pointing backward.

A male Palestine sunbird perched on a tree branch. This male Palestine sunbird appears to be singing.

The male Palestine sunbird's beak in this image is yellow with some black on it.

A female Palestine sunbird drinking nectar from a purple flower.

Female Palestine sunbirds are a light tawny brown with dark brown tails. Much like the males, they have slender, curved beaks but are dark grey, and grey legs, with their feet having three toes pointing forward and one toe pointing backward.

A female and male Palestine sunbird singing at each other, and perched on an electric line.

@botsocamerica.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 1:51 PM

Bird #pollination in three species of #Phlogacanthus & its broader implications for bird–flower interactions in Asia

New #AJB research by Chang-Qiu Liu, Li-Yan Wang, Ying-Ze Xiong, Zhe Chen, et al.

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

#botany #plantscience #Acanthaceae #sunbirds #spiderhunters

In the morning sunshine, using its long bills, a streaked spiderhunter is starting to enjoy the nectar concealed in the long pink corolla tubes of Phlogacanthus curviflorus, which depends exclusively on spiderhunters for pollination. This scene takes place in the monsoon forest in southwestern China.

@bobbyswildlife.bsky.social Sep 6, 2026, 5:24 AM

🎨 Birds of India
🐦 Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
📏 11 cm
📍 Sattal, Uttarakhand & Kaziranga, Assam, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Feb & Mar 2026

Male and female

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #sunbirds #birds

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