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Nectar-loving sunbirds brighten Chongqing

Updated: 2022-06-20 16:57 ( chinadaily.com.cn )
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A Cheerful Mrs. Gould's sunbird is captured dancing in the flowers and collecting pollen in a village in Chongqing. [Photo by Zhu Yunping/For chinadaily.com.cn]

Typical for a nectar feeder, the Mrs. Gould's sunbird has a down-curved and pointed beak. The male is bright and colorful and can grow to be 13 to 16 centimeters long. The female is covered by deep olive green on the topside and grayish-yellow on the belly, and usually measures from 9 to 11 centimeters.

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