This is a male red-chested sunbird that I photographed in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The long curved bill is used to extract nectar from flowers. Uganda is one of the best places in the world for birding due to its fortunate geographic positioning between the savannah to the east, the sub-sahara region to the north and the jungle to the west.
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This is a male red-chested sunbird that I photographed in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The long curved bill is used to extract nectar from flowers. Uganda is one of the best places in the world for birding due to its fortunate geographic positioning between the savannah to the east, the sub-sahara region to the north and the jungle to the west.
what a beauty! love those colored feathers on his head and shoulders, if birds actually have shoulders!
Good point you bring up about the shoulders, Mom. I’ll look into it.
Birds. 😛
The most beautiful bird I’ve ever seen.