Cape Sugarbird

[nivrip]

Here's a colourful little fella. He was about the size of a sparrow.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Very nice

You sure was busy with that camera in Africa

 

[muckshifter]

Once again Niv, a great sequence of shots ... you got enough to last the year out?

 

[Ian]

Fantastic pics Niv, I love the colours

 

[Taffycat]

What a gorgeous little bird Niv - such lovely colours. With that very long beak, he is a bit like an "overgrown" hummingbird.

 

[nivrip]

you got enough to last the year out?

And next year too - but I won't bore you with all of them.

 

[crazylegs]

Fantastic pics Niv..

 

[Capebirdman]

Nice pics, but wrong identification. The bird in question is an Orange-breasted Sunbird - an adult male. Found in the same region and habitat as the Cape Sugarbird but much smaller and brighter.

 

[nivrip]

Nice pics, but wrong identification. The bird in question is an Orange-breasted Sunbird - an adult male. Found in the same region and habitat as the Cape Sugarbird but much smaller and brighter.

Blast it! I thought no-one would know the difference.

A month after I posted the pictures I realised I had the wrong name and, indeed, I changed the name to Orange Breasted Sunbird on my own pics once I'd definitely identified it. See below.

The pic was taken at Kirstenbosch.

Well, I thought after almost two years that I'd got away with it but there's always someone to come along and bite yer on the bum.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Nice pics, but wrong identification. The bird in question is an Orange-breasted Sunbird - an adult male. Found in the same region and habitat as the Cape Sugarbird but much smaller and brighter.

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Hi. Welcome to the forum Capebirdman

 

[Abarbarian]

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Whats with the links Flops. You haven't resorted to selling stuff that fell of the back of a lorry due to hard times have you

 

[nivrip]

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Tee hee.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Whats with the links Flops. You haven't resorted to selling stuff that fell of the back of a lorry due to hard times have you

Subltey not your forte oh Barbaric one