Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Leptocoma zeylonica
- tidak umum
- 48 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Hovers at a hibiscus like a wind-up jewel — green crown, yellow belly, a flash of purple at the rump when it twists in the light. Smaller than a hummingbird's idea of itself.
- Populasi
- Not numerically quantified; described as common with a suspected slow population decline (roughly 1-19% over ten years) linked to tree-cover loss across its range
- Habitat
- Gardens, scrub, cultivated land, and open woodland with scattered trees from sea level to about 1,400 m; also forest edges and dry savanna, but typically absent from dense, closed-canopy forest
- Fakta menarik
- Purple-rumped Sunbirds build hanging, pouch-shaped nests woven from cobwebs, lichens, and plant fibers (often collecting cobwebs at house windows, where they're sometimes seen tapping the glass), and practice "nectar robbery" by piercing the base of tubular flowers to reach nectar while bypassing pollination.
- Sebaran
- Endemic to the Indian Subcontinent: peninsular and southern India (west to Gujarat, east to Assam/Meghalaya), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and parts of Myanmar; non-migratory resident
- Makanan
- Primarily flower nectar (e.g. from Bruguiera, Woodfordia, Hamelia, Sterculia), supplemented with small insects and spiders (especially when feeding chicks) and honeydew from leafhoppers; sometimes pierces the base of long flowers to "rob" nectar without pollinating
- Ukuran
- 0,1 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,13 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,2 tahun
