Tiny Sunbird | Animalz

Tiny SunbirdA small sunbird of African forests and their edges. The male has green and blue-purple iridescence with a red breast band; the female is olive-brown above with a pale eyebrow.What markings does the male have?The male has metallic green head, back, and throat, a broad scarlet breast band edged by a narrow blue line, and a dark olive belly. The female is olive-brown above, with a pale yellow eyebrow, grey throat, and yellow-washed olive underparts.What does it eat and where?A small sunbird of African forests and their edges. The male has green and blue-purple iridescence with a red breast band; the female is olive-brown above with a pale eyebrow.It uses forest interiors and edges, clearings, savanna with scattered trees, and village surroundings. It forages in the canopy alone or in pairs, sometimes in mixed flocks, and takes nectar, insects, and spiders.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.