I found this male Brown-throated Sunbird foraging at Bunga Raya – Hibiscus flower, when I was eating nasi lemak at Mak Teh’s stall (opposite the Raub Fire Station).
Menyedut madu bunga raya dengan menebuk pangkal bunga. Itu yang digelar “robbing nectar” – “merompak madu”. Burung tidak terlibat dalam proses pendebungaan, kerana tidak menyedut madu dari depan kelopak bunga (petal) dan tidak kena pada pistil/stigma.
Female Brown-throated Sunbird pic below by Nazeri Abghani/MNS Miri/2011 – from this site
Male Brown-throated Sunbird – pic below by Supt (R) Che Mahazan Che Aik (my Facebook friend)
Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) – below – pic by Che Mahazan Che Aik
Crimson Sunbird by Lip Kee – from CommonsWikepedia, This bird is doing what Ornithologist called ‘robbing nectar’
Wonderful looking bird – feel free to link your bird posts to Wild Bird Wednesday that happens on my Photo-blog on Wednesday – and join about 40 other bird bloggers from around the world!Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
It's nice to visit a blog about birds !! Beautiful birds and gorgeous photos!Greetings from Poland !