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Olive-backed SunbirdAlternate name(s): "Yellow-bellied Sunbird", "Yellow-breasted Sunbird" ![]() Size: 10-12 cm Weight: 8-10 g |
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Photos |
Race "frenata"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Frontal view of a male Olive-backed Sunbird; note the glossy blue
"bib" with its black fringe, which is not always clearly shown in
field guides (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Cairns, QLD, July 2013]
Frontal view of a male Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, May 2009]
Frontal view of a male Olive-backed Sunbird, now seen preening
and thereby exposing its light-grey underwing
(photo courtesy
of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, May 2009]
Close-up near-frontal view of a male Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Close-up near-frontal view of a male Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Lateral view of a male Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Town of 1770, QLD, September 2017]
Lateral view of a male Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Cairns, QLD, July 2013]
Near-dorsal view of a male Olive-backed Sunbird turning sideways
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Town of 1770, QLD, September 2017]
View of the underparts of a male Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, September 2010]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of a female Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Town of 1770, QLD, September 2017]
Frontal view of a female Olive-backed Sunbird (photo courtesy of
B. Hensen)
[Cairns, QLD, June 2013]
Near-frontal view of a female Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Town of 1770, QLD, September 2017]
Near-lateral view of a female Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Town of 1770, QLD, September 2017]
Close-up near-lateral view of a female Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Town of 1770, QLD, September 2017]
Lateral view of a female Olive-backed Sunbird (photo courtesy of
B. Hensen)
[Cairns, QLD, July 2013]
Dorsal view of a female Olive-backed Sunbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Town of 1770, QLD, September 2017]
Pair of Olive-backed Sunbirds squabbling with the competition in the
mirror (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Near Cooktown, QLD, October 2008]
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Behaviour |
Male Olive-backed Sunbird hanging off a plant in a posture
typical of sunbirds (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Town of 1770, QLD, September 2017]
Male Olive-backed Sunbird (photo courtesy of L. Tonnochy)
[Near Townsville, QLD, May 2012]
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Food, Diet |
To the best of our knowledge Olive-backed Sunbirds feed exclusively on nectar. They profit from the creation of urban gardens and parks with flowering plants.
Frontal view of a male Olive-backed Sunbird feeding on nectar from
mistletoe in a
grevillea
[Byfield NP,
QLD, July 2009]
Lateral view of a female Olive-backed Sunbird feeding on nectar
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Rocky Creek, Cairns, QLD, June 2013]