h at Tg Aru by PHILLIPPS, Quentin - Borneo Bird Images

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image 1751 of Brown-throated Sunbird

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Brown-throated Sunbird

Latin Name : Anthreptes malacensis

Site Name : Tg Aru

Photographer : PHILLIPPS, Quentin

Date : 0000-00-00

Notes : Female 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.