Palestine Sunbird ♂️ (Arabic: تمير فلسطيني) | Tanomah | Saudi Arabia

Описание: #𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 #𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 ♂️ تمير فلسطيني

#PHOTOGRAPHY LOCATION:
#Tanomah #Asir #Aseer Region #SaudiArabia

موقع #التصوير:
#تنومة منطقة #عسير #السعودية

"𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 #𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒔 𝑺𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒛-𝒁𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒓 (𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔). 𝑨𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕".

SCIENTIFIC NAME (AUTHORITY):
𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘢 (Bonaparte, 1856)

CONSERVATION STATUS:
Least Concern (as per #IUCN)

🇸🇦 SAUDI ARABIA:
Very common #breeding #resident, this sparkling seemingly metallic Sunbird, the smallest bird in Saudi Arabia, is found mainly throughout the highlands of western region in Saudi Arabia.

🌍 GLOBAL:
Resident: occurs in the Middle East and Arabia (from #Syria and #Sinai through western Saudi Arabia and #Yemen to the #Dhofar) and in scattered pockets in central #Africa. Arabia comprises more than 70% of its global range. Two subspecies are recognized, including C. o. osea, which is near endemic to Arabia, also occurring in the Sinai #Peninsula and north to Syria.

DESCRIPTION:
The bill is fairly long, black and curves downwards. The plumage of breeding males is mostly dark but appears glossy blue or green in the light. There are orange tufts at the sides of the breast which are hard to see except at close range. Females and juveniles are grey-brown above with pale underparts. Non-breeding males are similar but may retain some dark feathers.

CALL/SONG:
It has a high, fast, jingling song and various calls including a harsh alarm call.

HABITAT & RANGE:
It occurs in areas with high temperatures and dry climate from sea level up to an altitude of 3200 m. It inhabits dry woodland, scrub, wadis, savannas, orchards and gardens.

DIET:
The diet consists mainly of insects and nectar. The tongue is long and brush-tipped to extract nectar from flowers.

SIZE:
8 - 10 cm

WEIGHT:
6.8 - 7.6 g

WINGSPAN:
14 - 16 cm

DISTRIBUTION:
#MiddleEast

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