Place: Jim's Jungle Retreat
Time: December 8, 2010
Photostory: Majid Hussain
“I was walking on the path connecting cottages 1 and 12 that stand opposite each other. I noticed a Purple Sunbird sitting on one of the trees in the wooded area there.
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| A Purple Sunbird in eclipse, Majid Hussain |
A Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) isn’t a rare sight at the retreat. They’re very active in the morning atop the powder puff bushes and elsewhere on the property. This bird’s colors however seemed rather unusual. The yellow on it was striking! I thought it could be a new visitor!
I took a picture with my camera to record what I though might turn out to be a new species at the retreat. On referring my bird book later that day it became clear that the bird was indeed a Purple Sunbird, but in a very rare eclipse stage. (The eclipse is a brief post-breeding plumage adopted by males.) There were at least five different colors on this beautiful bird.”
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