Bird of Day 62: Purple-naped Sunbird

Hypogramma hypogrammicum (formerly Nectarina hypogrammica)

The Purple-naped Sunbird is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. (91)

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. (91) The Purple-naped Sunbird eats nectar from flowers (92).

Sunbirds are active diurnal birds that generally occur in pairs or occasionally in small family groups (92). A few species occasionally gather in larger groups, and sunbird will join with other birds to mob potential predators, although sunbirds will also aggressively target other species, even if they are not predators, when defending their territories (92). A few species of sunbirds have lekking* behaviour (92). The nests of sunbirds are generally purse-shaped, enclosed and suspended from thin branches (92)

*Refer to Bird of Day 24