Adult male © Ngoc Sam Thuong Dang eBird S93252979 Macaulay Library ML 361884241
Female © Ravi Iyengar
Immature male © Ravi Iyengar
Adult male © Ngoc Sam Thuong Dang
Female © Bruce Purdy
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Adult male © John Ricarte

Palawan Sunbird Cinnyris aurora

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Identification

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Tiny and active sunbird of forest edges and open woodlands, endemic to Palawan. Male is olive-gray above, with an extensive iridescent blue-black throat, an orange breast patch, and a pale yellow belly. Female is olive above, with a bright yellow eyebrow and underparts; compare with the smaller and duller female Lovely Sunbird, as well as the larger and duller Brown-throated Sunbird. In both sexes, note white tail edges that are flared out in flight. Gives a bright, fizzy song and rising “weet?” notes. Formerly grouped with other, closely related species under “Olive-backed Sunbird.”

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