Fire-tailed Sunbird (♂)

Aethopyga ignicauda

Sunbirds making merry on the rhododendron bounty.

Photographed at: Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim on 2024-05-14

Album: Goechala - 2024

Characterised by their long fiery red tails these sunbirds inhabit the conifer forests of the Himalayas.

Family: Nectariniidae

Diet: Nectar

Size: 12 cms

Other Pictures of Fire-tailed Sunbird

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Fire-tailed sunbirds abound in the Rhododendron forests of the Khanchendzonga National Park in the spring months.

Sunbird,Fire-tailed sunbirds abound in the Rhododendron forests of the Khanchendzonga National Park in the spring months.

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Sunbird,