Purple Sunbird - Courtship Song & Acts.

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The purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) is a small sunbird. Like other sunbirds they feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. They have a fast and direct flight and can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird but often perch at the base of flowers. The males appear all black except in some lighting when the purple iridescence becomes visible. Females are olive above and yellowish below.
These birds are very vociferous and will call and will join to mob owls or other predators. The song is rapid rattle followed by ringing, metallic notes. Other call notes include a "chwit" or "chwing!" notes.
In courtship displays the male raises its head, fans its tail and flutters with partly open wings that expose the pectoral tufts and sings before the female.The nest is a pouch made of cobwebs, thin strips of vegetation, lichens and bark. The entrance hole on the side is often shaded by an overhanging projection. The nest is built almost entirely by the female. The nest material is not woven and most of it is held together by cobwebs. About five to ten days may be taken in the building of the nest. The inner cavity is expanded by the bird by openings its wing and turning around on the inside.
It sometimes builds its nest by modifying and lining the cobweb structures formed by colonial or 'social' spiders, Stegodyphus sarasinorum (Eresidae).Two eggs are usually laid.The nest is usually suspended from a low branch, often of thorny plants but are sometimes build close to human habitations, attached to wires or other man-made objects and even indoors in an unused shades.Only the female incubates the eggs which hatch after 15 to 17 days. Males assist in feeding the chickss although females involve themselves to a greater extent, making more trips as the chicks get older.
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Camera - Nikon Coolpix P900
Location - Balaghat District (India)
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Awesome capture ❤️ The shiny plumage of the bird is so beautiful. Loved it's calls 😍👌🏽

Birdspothome
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Beautiful capture 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼✌️✌️👌🏼
Birds sounds too good 😊

UNIQUEGARDENER
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Beautiful..best video n audio ..it's very hard

darlaalfalfa
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Wow. So amazing. U r such an amazing capturer. U capture real beaty of nature. Thanks for sharing your wonderful capturing with us.

khutbatulislam
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#justchillpal
Beautiful bird. Thanks for sharing.

justchillpal
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In philippines, we have yellow sunbird which is very common, and some are orange and green sunbird.

agahinaut
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Hearing this sound, Puple Sun Bird's pair came to my house .

beenarana
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I saw it recently live and came to know about this bird. I initially mistaken him for humming bird due to its small size

arbajalam
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Notice its tongue. Do they eat nectar?

gerryboudreaultboudreault
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After how days after hatching do sunbirds fly away

moonlight-zihk
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Plz let me know if these birds symbolises for what ? Purple sunbirds

JewsLionGodJesus
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Kapan bisa punya burung seperti ini isianya tajam

herochanel
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Great video! Can you pls tell me what's it coming out of their beak ?

adilrawshan
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the nest is woven. the songbirds do that in parts of india

Mitu_Dutt