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image 1763 of Olive-backed Sunbird

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Olive-backed Sunbird

Latin Name : Cinnyris jugularis

Site Name : Tg Aru

Photographer : PHILLIPPS, Quentin

Date : 2008-01-03

Notes : Female feeding on Caesalpinia latisiliqua CAESALPINCEAE A common endemic thorny vine found throughout Borneo. Both the flower stalks and the bean pods which follow are bright red hence the name Red Bean Climber. The whole plant flowers simultaneously attracting hordes of sunbirds, spiderhunters, flowerpeckers, bulbuls, leafbirds and white-eyes to feed on the copious nectar.