2020 Dec 19 Sat, Singapore Botanic Gardens.

These photos of sunbirds were taken at the Botanical Garden with the Nikon D7500 camera and Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF lens. There are two types of sunbirds featured here: the olive-backed Sunbird and the brown-throated Sunbird.

Female olive-backed Sunbird has olive-green upper parts, yellow under parts, black iris, and yellow “eyebrow”. Female brown-throated Sunbird has olive-green upper parts and yellow under parts too, but with red iris and yellow broken eye-ring.

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Sunbird 1 : Olive-backed Sunbird (Female)

Female olive-backed sunbird has olive-green upper parts, yellow under parts, black iris, and yellow “eyebrow”.

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Sunbird 2: Brown-throated Sunbird (Female)

Female brown-throated sunbird has olive-green upper parts and yellow under parts like the olive-backed sunbird. But female brown-throated sunbird has red iris and yellow broken eye-ring.

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Sunbird 3: Olive-backed Sunbird (Male)

Male olive-backed sunbird has olive-green upper parts, iridescent blue forehead, throat and upper breast, and yellow under parts.

More Olive-backed sunbird (male):

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Sunbird 4: Brown-throated Sunbird (Male)

Male brown-throated sunbird has metallic blue crown and upper parts, brown throat, yellow under parts,and red iris.