Breeding male © Hupperetz Jean eBird S64988562 Macaulay Library ML 204669111
Female © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Nonbreeding male © Chris Sayers
Breeding male © Kevin Vande Vusse
Female © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
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Breeding male © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography

Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi

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Identification

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A large dark sunbird with a long and deeply curved bill. Both sexes show a large yellow panel in the wing and yellow sides to the tail. Males are mostly blackish, but in breeding plumage have copper iridescence on the breast, head, and back. Females are dark brown on the back and pale below with a yellow wash. Found in montane woodland, grassland, gardens, and forest edges.Easily separated from other sunbirds by the golden wing. The song is a high-pitched sizzle, and the most common call is a rattling “tr-tr-tr-tr-tr.”

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