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question:

This small Ethiopian mystery bird is placed in a large and fascinating birds. Can you identify this taxonomic family and species of birds and tell me something that you think is particularly interesting about this bird family?

response: is a brilliant man adult sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus

a small Old World sparrow standing on Nectariniidae, family and Spiderhunter sunbird. There are over 100 species of nectariniids and are scattered over a vast territory, including in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and a little north of Australia.

The sunbirds is the equivalent of the Old World to the New World hummingbirds, to a lesser extent, the honeyeaters of Australia. Most of nectar sunbirds hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed. As hummingbirds also eat insects and fruit. Sunbirds also share these characteristics with other hummingbirds

long thin beak and curved

languages ??tubular

very small body

although sometimes subsumed in the genus Nectarinia
. They are very dimorphism, the male in breeding plumage has iridescent green tops with a purple diagnostic brightness on her crown, brown wings and tail dark iridescent blue-black. Breeding males are iridescent green neck, chest bright scarlet with purple diagnostic on the chin, and the diagnosis of stomach iridescent black. The female is a little grayish brown upper and lower Buffy with wide gray-brown stripes on the neck and chest. Men like the female during the breeding season.

Uganda

shining