Cyanomitra olivacea
The shy but vocal Olive Sunbird is a forest denizen by habit, and usually the most commonly encountered sunbird where they occur. They nest throughout spring and summer. Adults weigh only between 8 and 15g, measuring around 15cm long. Not much else is known about these tiny nectar-feeders.
Due to its very specific habitat preferences, the Olive Sunbird has a very restricted distribution in South Africa – here they are found only along the Indian Ocean coast from East London through to northern Kwazulu-Natal, and in a small corner of Mpumalanga around Nelspruit and Barberton. Further north into Africa they are widely distributed through east, central and West Africa. The IUCN lists the species as being of least concern, despite the threat of habitat loss due to uncontrolled deforestation in much of its range.
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Dagsê Dries! Die pos het my herhinder aan ‘n ding wat ek al lankal wou doen. Flamboom saad in die hande kry en hier groei… ons klimaat is now wel koel maar ek ding van die ooskus soorte sal hier goed doen!
Ek dink ek gaan vir jou ‘n nota stuur! 😉
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Sekerlik, AJ!
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Aloes look like they were made just for sunbirds 🙂
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I agree entirely, Carol!
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Pragtig. Kan ook nie dink hier was al een nie. Sou dit onthou het.
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Dit sou besonders maar seker nie onmoontlik wees nie dat hul af-en-toe daar in jou omgewing te siene mag wees, Petru – hulle is nogal volop in die omgewing van Nelspruit en Barberton. Miskien is Sabie net te hoog vir hulle.
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That lovely little bird would be well-hidden in more foliage.
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And it doesn’t take a very big leaf to hide this tiny body either! 😀
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Ek dink nie ek het al een gesien nie…mooi foto’s, Dries!
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Baie dankie, Dina. Hul verspreiding is nogal beperk, maar dit ten spyte is hulle baie volop waar hulle voorkom, soos in die kuswoude van noordelike KZN.
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A beautiful bird, what a treat to see it 🙂
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Indeed Takami!
Hope you are having a good week thus far?
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Thank you, this week is pleasant so far. I hope it’s the same for you and your family too 🙂
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The photograph of the Olive Sunbird posing next to the Erythrina lysistemon blossom is beautiful!
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Thank you very much, Anne!
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Pretty birds, looks like a bee-eater. 🙂
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Much, much smaller than a bee-eater though
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