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Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง

The Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis), also known as the Yellow-bellied Sunbird, is a southern Far Eastern species of sunbird.

Distribution and habitat
The Olive-backed Sunbird is common across southern China and Southeast Asia to Queensland and the Solomon Islands. Originally from mangrove habitat, the Olive-backed Sunbird has adapted well to humans, and is now common even in fairly densely populated areas, even forming their nests in human dwellings.

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง

Range map
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Taxonomy
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the Olive-backed Sunbird in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in the Philippines. He used the French name Le petit grampereau des Philippines and the Latin Certhia Philippensis Minor. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the olive-backed sunbird.

Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Certhia jugularis and cited Brisson's work. The specific name jugularis is Medieval Latin for "of the throat".

This species is now placed in the genus Cinnyris that was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816. There are 21 subspecies.

Description
They are small songbirds, at most 12 cm long. In most subspecies, the underparts of both male and female are bright yellow, the backs are a dull brown colour. The forehead, throat and upper breast of the adult male is a dark, metallic blue-black.

In the Philippines the males of some subspecies have an orange band on the chest, in Wallacea and northern New Guinea some subspecies have most of the underparts blackish, and in southern China and adjacent parts of Vietnam most of the underparts of the male are greyish-white.

Length: 12 cm
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Distinctive Feature

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From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male / Juvenile



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Listen to the Olive-backed Sunbird



Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy recorder. High pass filter applied with Audacity

Out birding at Khok Kham salt pans/ ponds and I spot a Brown Shrike. I could hear a Olive-backed Sunbird and I discovered the bird sitting on a wire. Far away so it was hard to see because of the green back ground.

The bird was too far away for any good pictures



Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy Recorder. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

Recorded on the NATURE TRAIL at at Baan Maka Nature Lodge. I looked at two Crimson Sunbirds while the Olive-backed was singing in the next tree

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Behaviour

Breeding
The birds mate between the months of April and August in the Northern Hemisphere, and between August and January in the Southern Hemisphere. Both the male and the female assist in building the nest which is flask-shaped, with an overhanging porch at the entrance, and a trail of hanging material at the bottom end.

Olive-backed Sunbird building a nest
Suan Rot Fai, Bangkok - June 2019

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird building a nest
Suan Rot Fai, Bangkok - June 2019

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird building a nest
Suan Rot Fai, Bangkok - June 2019

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird building a nest
Suan Rot Fai, Bangkok - June 2019

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird building a nest
Suan Rot Fai, Bangkok - June 2019

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird building a nest
Suan Rot Fai, Bangkok - June 2019

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird building a nest
Suan Rot Fai, Bangkok - June 2019




After building the nest, the birds abandon the nest for about a week before the female returns to lay one or two greenish-blue eggs. The eggs take a further week to hatch. The female may leave the nest for short periods during the day during incubation. After the chicks have hatched, both male and female assist in the care of the young, which leave the nest about two or three weeks later.

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird feeding in Singapore Botanical Garden, Singapore
August 2018

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird feeding in Singapore Botanical Garden, Singapore
August 2018


Feeding
The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Their flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering, but usually perch to feed most of the time.

Male Olive-backed Sunbird feeding in Singapore Botanical Garden, Singapore
August 2018
And yes, I know, I need more practice with my video camera. But it is already better than when I bought it 1 week ago


Conservation status
Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)



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Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 26 June 2017
Location: Perdana Botanical Garden, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
26 June 2017 - Perdana Botanical Garden, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
26 June 2017 - Perdana Botanical Garden, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
26 June 2017 - Perdana Botanical Garden, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
26 June 2017 - Perdana Botanical Garden, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Female Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Female Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird / นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
31 August 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, นกกินปลีอกเหลือง
Male Olive-backed Sunbird - นกกินปลีอกเหลือง - 3 September 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore



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