What is a bird with red feathers?

Blue-throated sunbird (scientific name: Aethopyga gouldiae): It is a small bird of the family Heliothidae. The male bird is 13- 16 cm long and the female bird is 9- 1 1 cm long. The mouth is slender and bent downward. The forehead of the male bird is purple-blue from the top of the head, chin and throat, and the back, chest, head and neck are vermilion. There is a purple-blue stain behind the ear and on the chest, which stands out against the surrounding scarlet. The waist and abdomen are yellow, the central tail feather is prolonged, and it is purple-blue. The female bird has olive green upper body, yellow waist, gray-green throat to chest and green lower body.

Habitat in the evergreen broad-leaved forest, valley monsoon forest and evergreen deciduous mixed forest at an altitude of 1000-3500m. Often appear alone or in pairs, 3-5 or more than 65,438+00 in groups, keeping a certain distance from each other, moving between blooming flowers or parasitic plants in the crown, and rarely foraging among flowers near the ground. Mainly feed on nectar, but also eat animal food such as insects.

Distributed in China, Indian, Bengal, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Laos and other places, occasionally seen in the northeast of Pakistan in winter.

Foreign name

Gould sunbird

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Blue-throated sunbird