Sunbird
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Sunbirds
A7R4 in APS-C mode
A1. 12 Jun 2022
FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G
GM 600/4. 10 Sept 2022
MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
190XPROB/GHFG1 14 Dec 2021
MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1. May 2022
Berlebach Report 8013/GHFG1. May 2022
MT190CXPRO3/WH-200II. 29 Jun 2024
Ornate Sunbird (Olive-backed Sunbird)
A familiar sunbird of parkland and urban areas. Upperparts olive-green with white tail tip. Bill thin and decurved. Male has iridescent bluish-black forehead, throat and upper breast, contrasting with bright yellow underparts. Orange pectoral tufts usually not visible, and erected during courtship display. Female is olive-green on upperparts with thin yellow brow, with underparts yellow.
Male, f6.3 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 2500, Gardens by the Bay, 15 July 2021
Male, f6.3 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 800, Bukit Batok Nature Park, 17 Feb 2022
Male feeding, f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1250, Hort Park, 3 July 2021
Female feeding, f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 3200, Hort Park, 4 July 2021
f8 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 3200, Hortpark, 4 July 2021
A6400, Eclipse Male, f9 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 2500, Woodlands Waterfront, 31 Aug 2021
Female, f6.3 1/1000. @422mm, ISO 2500, Gardens by the Bay, 15 July 2021
Female, f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1250, Botanic Garden, 14 May 2021
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 18 Jun 2024
f5.6 1/1250. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 18 Jun 2024
f5.6 1/1250. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x
A6400, f8 1/4000. @478mm, ISO 3200, MacRitchie Reservoir, 23 Sept 2021
Female on Nectarwand Red Flower, Woodlands Town Park East, 3 Jul 2024
f8 1/3200. ISO 2500
Juvenile, A7R2, f5.6/8 1/500 ISO 500, Nikkor 600/5.6 IF-ED AIS, Woodlands HDB, 4 May 2019
Crimson Sunbird
A bright red, long-tailed sunbird. Male is unmistakable with combination of crimson head, mantle, throat and upper breast, dark blue forehead and moustache. Rump yellowish with rest of the underpart dark greyish. Tail dark violet. Female is dull olive on upperparts and pale yellowish on underparts.
A6400, Male, f6.3 1/1250. @600mm, ISO 4000, MacRitchie Reservoir, 23 Sept 2021
A6400, Male, f6.3 1/1250. @600mm, ISO 4000, MacRitchie Reservoir, 23 Sept 2021
f5.6 1/640. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x, Admiralty Park, 16 Apr 2024
Juvenile, Admiralty Park, Mangrove Forest, 11 May 2024
f5.6 1/640. ISO 4000, GM600 TC1.4x
Female, Admiralty Park, Mangrove Forest, 11 May 2024
f5.6 1/2000. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x
Juvi, Admiralty Park, Mangrove Forest, 10 May 2024
f5.6 1/1000. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x
Juvi, Admiralty Park, Mangrove Forest, 10 May 2024
f5.6 1/1600. ISO 10000, GM600 TC1.4x
Juvi Male, Dairy Farm Nature Park, 16 Jul 2024
f5.6 1/640. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x
Juvi Male, Dairy Farm Nature Park, 16 Jul 2024
f5.6 1/500. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x
Female, Dairy Farm Nature Park, 16 Jul 2024
f5.6 1/640. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x
Brown-throated Sunbird
Male is yellow on breast and belly with iridescent pinkish-brown throat. Upperparts glossy green and purple. Wings brown with a purple patch at shoulder. Female is olive-green on upperparts and yellowish on underparts, with diagnostic broken yellow eye-ring.
A6400, Male, f8 1/1250. @600mm, ISO 3200, Woodlands Waterfront, 31 Aug 2021
f5.6 1/800 ISO 2000, GM 600 TC 1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 11 Sep 2022
A6400, Male, f8 1/1250. @600mm, ISO 2500, Woodlands Waterfront, 31 Aug 2021
f5.6 1/1600 ISO 4000, GM 600 TC 1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 11 Sep 2022
f5.6 1/800 ISO 2000, GM 600 TC 1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 11 Sep 2022
f6.3 1/800. @600mm, ISO 2500, Gardens by the Bay, 15 July 2021
f6.3 1/400. @600mm, ISO 1600, Gardens by the Bay, 15 July 2021
Female, f6.3 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 2500, Gardens by the Bay, 15 July 2021
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 7 Oct 2022
f5.6 1/2000. ISO 3200, GM 600 TC 1.4x
f5.6 1/640. ISO 2000, GM 600 TC 1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 11 Sep 2022
Juvenile
On Monkey Brush Flower, Woodlands Town Park East, 3 Jul 2024
f5.6 1/3200. ISO 3200
On Monkey Brush Flower, Woodlands Town Park East, 3 Jul 2024
f5.6 1/3200. ISO 5000
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 18 Jun 2024
f5.6 1/1250. ISO 6400, GM 600 TC 1.4x
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 18 Jun 2024
f5.6 1/1250. ISO 6400, GM 600 TC 1.4x
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 18 Jun 2024
f5.6 1/1600. ISO 6400, GM 600 TC 1.4x
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 18 Jun 2024
f5.6 1/1600. ISO 6400, GM 600 TC 1.4x
Copper-throated Sunbird
Large sunbird of mangroves, with relatively long tail. Male appears dark with shiny green crown and shoulder patch, iridescent coppery-red throat and upper breast. Female is dark olive on upperparts and yellow on underparts, with greyish head and throat. Note also incomplete white eye-ring, unlike yellow of Brown-throated Sunbird.
Male, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Mangrove Boardwalk, 28 Jan 2022
f6.3 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 2500, 190B/GHFG1
Male, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Mangrove Boardwalk, 28 Jan 2022
f6.3 1/640. @600mm, ISO 3200, 190B/GHFG1
Male, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Mangrove Boardwalk, 28 Jan 2022
f6.3 1/640. @600mm, ISO 2500, 190B/GHFG1
Female, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Mangrove Boardwalk, 28 Jan 2022
f6.3 1/640. @600mm, ISO 3200, 190B/GHFG1
Female, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Mangrove Boardwalk, 5 Jun 2021
f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 5000, 5 Jun 2021