Crimson Sunbird
A species of Red Sunbirds and Allies Scientific name : Aethopyga siparaja Genus : Red Sunbirds and Allies
Crimson Sunbird, A species of Red Sunbirds and Allies
Botanical name: Aethopyga siparaja
Genus: Red Sunbirds and Allies
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Description
Crimson sunbirds are tiny, only 11 cm long. They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to their nectar feeding. The adult male has a crimson breast and maroon back. The rump is yellow and the belly is olive. The female has an olive-green back, yellowish breast and white tips to the outer tail feathers. In most of the range, males have a long green-blue tail, but A.s. nicobarica of the Nicobar Islands and the former subspecies A. vigorsii (Western crimson sunbird) of the Western Ghats of India lack the long central tail feathers. Their call is chee-cheewee. 
Size
10 - 15 cm
Colors
Red
Bronze
Gray
Feeding Habits
Crimson Sunbird primarily feeds on nectar, exhibiting a preference for the flowers of high-trees and shrubs. Its diet is complemented by insects and spiders. Unique to crimson Sunbird, it displays hovering feeding behavior similar to hummingbirds, adapted to extracting nectar with its long bill.
Habitat
The crimson Sunbird frequents a variety of forest ecosystems, often preferring regions that interface with human activity. Habitats range from mangroves and secondary forests, including disturbed and regenerating zones, to forest edges. These birds also inhabit parklands, second growths, scrublands in open areas, coastal vegetation, and agricultural landscapes such as coconut groves and plantations. Flourishing in areas rich in flowering and fruiting vegetation, they typically avoid dense canopy forests. Crimson Sunbird are usually found in foothills up to 1200 meters elevation, occasionally venturing up to 2000 meters, with seasonal movements to lower elevations.
Dite type
Nectivorous
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Distribution Area
The crimson sunbird is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam. Two or three eggs are laid in a suspended nest in a tree. This species occurs in forest and cultivated areas.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Sunbirds and spiderhunters Genus
Red Sunbirds and Allies Species
Crimson Sunbird 
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