Sunbirds

Orange-breasted Sunbird

Anthobaphes violacea

The Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea) is a 9.4 g scrub bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Sunbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

9.4 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in South Africa.

Where to see it: Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden (South Africa); Strandfontein WTP (South Africa).

Photo: (c) Lucy Keith-Diagne, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist