In February, the male Nile Valley sunbird assumes his nuptial plumage which he displays in flamboyant fashion. In winter both sexes look alike, tiny, only 9 to 10 cm long, pale grey above and washed-out yellow below, with a long, slender and slightly down-curved bill.
By February the male is transformed into a glossy green extrovert with a brilliant sulfur-yellow belly and long tail streamers that add about an extra five centimetres to his length.
Once transformed, he will be puffing up and parading his newfound finery and courting his duller mate. The display includes a hovering, accompanied by body rocking and wing-whirring.
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nile, valley, sunbird, hedydipna, metallica, species, bird, family, nectariniidae, found, djibouti, egypt, eritrea, ethiopia, rwanda, oman, saudi, arabia, somalia, sudan, libya, yemen, male, female, conservation, status, least, concern, iucn, scientific, class. The Nile Valley sunbird Hedydipna metallica is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae It is found in Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Rwanda Oman Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Libya and Yemen Nile Valley sunbird male female Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Passeriformes Family Nectariniidae Genus Hedydipna Species H metallica Binomial name Hedydipna metallica Lichtenstein MHC 1823 Synonyms Anthreptes metallicus Anthodiaeta metallica In February the male Nile Valley sunbird assumes his nuptial plumage which he displays in flamboyant fashion In winter both sexes look alike tiny only 9 to 10 cm long pale grey above and washed out yellow below with a long slender and slightly down curved bill By February the male is transformed into a glossy green extrovert with a brilliant sulfur yellow belly and long tail streamers that add about an extra five centimetres to his length Once transformed he will be puffing up and parading his newfound finery and courting his duller mate The display includes a hovering accompanied by body rocking and wing whirring References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hedydipna metallica BirdLife International 2016 Hedydipna metallica IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 e T22717676A94545911 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2016 3 RLTS T22717676A94545911 en Retrieved 13 November 2021 nbsp This Nectariniidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nile Valley sunbird amp oldid 1156923583, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
