I’m both happy and irritated with myself at the moment. Happy that I discovered a few additional sunbird photos that had not been properly tagged, and annoyed with myself for not going through the proper workflow to begin with.
That off my chest, here are a few additional sunbirds I saw during my last trip to South Africa. Enjoy!
![My best attempt at an identification - I believe this is a female amethyst sunbird. 1/800 Sec, f5.6, ISO 800](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150212_amethyst-sunbird.jpg?resize=525%2C351)
1/800 Sec, f5.6, ISO 800
![A purple-banded sunbird.](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150212_purple-banded-sunbird.jpg?resize=525%2C351)
![A male purple-banded sunbird perched in a distance tree. 1/640 sec, f5.6, ISO 400](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150212_purple-banded-sunbird-2.jpg?resize=525%2C351)
1/640 sec, f5.6, ISO 400
![A female scarlet-chested sunbird feeding on aloe. 1/640 sec, f5.6, ISO 400](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150212_female-scarlet-chested-sunbird.jpg?resize=525%2C351)
1/640 sec, f5.6, ISO 400
![A huge stretch to reach the perfect aloe blossom. 1/640 sec, f5.6, ISO 400](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150212_female-scarlet-chested-sunbird-2.jpg?resize=525%2C351)
1/640 sec, f5.6, ISO 400
![A female scarlet-chested sunbird in flight. 1/640 sec, f5.6, ISO 400](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150212_female-scarlet-chested-sunbird-3.jpg?resize=525%2C351)
1/640 sec, f5.6, ISO 400
Wonderful.
Thank you very much Victor!
I love the sunbirds
Australian sunbirds must be closely related.I am studying the yellow bellied sunbirds. Awesome little creatures!
I’ll be honest, I don’t know a lot about them as we don’t have them locally, but I find them fascinating to watch. We have hummingbirds here which seem to have many similar characteristics.