Male © Robert Hutchinson eBird S98230006 Macaulay Library ML 392410921
Female © Ravi Iyengar
Male © George Inocencio
Male © Robert Hutchinson
Female © Forest Botial-Jarvis
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Male © George Inocencio
Male © Djop Tabaranza

Flaming Sunbird Aethopyga flagrans

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Identification

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A small bird of forest and edge from the lowlands to low elevations in the mountains on Luzon and Catanduanes. Has a fairly long, curved bill, olive upperparts, and a yellowish upper belly. Male has a blackish tail, face, throat, and chest, with green iridescence on the forecrown and purple on the throat. Similar to Olive-backed Sunbird, but has a red chest spot, an orange wash on the upper belly, and no white outer tail feathers. Female has a gray throat and lacks the yellow brow. Voice includes a high-pitched double-noted call, “chik-chik!”

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