The stunning Black-throated Sunbird featured in this stamp is a male of the species. The female is plain olive (85): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOmMoOB5ur8&NR=1
These birds are found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. (86)
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests (86). It also appears in urban gardens (85).
The Black-throated Sunbird feeds on the nectar from flowers, using its long thin down-curved bill (85): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U4vQ9cE0CU
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