description:
Medium-sized (12 cm). Upper body metallic green and blue; back yellowish olive;-tunggir yellow ribbon; yellow throat. Females: upper body yellowish olive; tunggir yellowish; crown scaly; throat and yellow lower body.
voice:
Not documented, may have a high-pitched voice and seductive songs such as other types of honey brung.
Global Penyebarab:
Endemic to Sangihe and Siau, a small island north of Sulawesi.
Local spread:
Quite common in Sangihe. Inhabit mixed plantations around the forest and forest edge up to an altitude of 900 m. In Siau only known from one specimen collected a century ago.
habit:
Alone, in pairs, or incorporated in small groups along with other birds and bird chili honey hunting for nectar, insects, and spiders.
Aethopyga duyvenbodei (Schlegel, 1871) Elegant Sunbirds
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