Sunbird

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Sunbirds

A1. 12 Jun 2022

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G

GM 600/4. 10 Sept 2022

Manfrotto Series 190

Berlebach Report 8013

GHFG1. 14 Dec 2021

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.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Woodlands HDB, 18 Aug 2024

f7.1 1/2000. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Male, Republic Poly, 18 Oct 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Male, A7R4 APS-C mode, Gardens by the Bay, 15 July 2021

Male, f6.3 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 2500, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Male, Bukit Batok Nature Park, 17 Feb 2022

Male, f6.3 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 800, 190XPROB/GHFG1

Male feeding, A7R4 APS-C mode, Hort Park, 3 July 2021

f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Female feeding, f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 3200, Hort Park, 4 July 2021

f8 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 3200, Hortpark, 4 July 2021

Eclipse Male, A6400, Woodlands Waterfront, 31 Aug 2021

f9 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 2500, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Male Eclipse, Republic Poly, 18 Oct 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

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

Female, Republic Poly, 18 Oct 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 18 Jun 2024

f5.6 1/1250. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 18 Jun 2024

f5.6 1/1250. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x

A6400, MacRitchie Reservoir, 23 Sept 2021

A6400, f8 1/4000. @478mm, ISO 3200, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Female on Nectarwand Red Flower, Woodlands Town Park East, 3 Jul 2024

f8 1/3200. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/WH-200II

Juvenile, A7R2, Woodlands HDB, 4 May 2019

f5.6/8 1/500 ISO 500, Nikkor 600/5.6 IF-ED AIS, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

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.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

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.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

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.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah