Listen to the Purple-rumped sunbird
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About the Purple-rumped sunbird
The Purple-rumped sunbird is a bird in the family Nectariniidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Purple-rumped sunbird sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as purple rumped sunbird. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The purple-rumped sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica) is a sunbird endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. Like other sunbirds, they are small in size, feeding mainly on nectar but sometimes take insects, particularly when feeding young. They can hover for short durations but usually perch to lap nectar from flowers. They build a hanging pouch nest made up of cobwebs, lichens and plant material. Males are contrastingly coloured but females are olive above and yellow to buff below. Males are easily distinguished from the purple sunbird by the light coloured underside while females can be told apart from males by their whitish throats.
More from the family Nectariniidae
Crimson sunbird
Aethopyga siparaja
Little spiderhunter
Arachnothera longirostra
Palestine sunbird
Cinnyris osea
Scarlet-chested sunbird
Chalcomitra senegalensis
Southern double-collared sunbird
Cinnyris chalybeus
Marico sunbird
Cinnyris mariquensis
Amethyst sunbird
Chalcomitra amethystina
Yellow-chinned sunbird
Anthreptes rectirostris
Tiny sunbird
Cinnyris minullus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Purple-rumped sunbird sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Purple-rumped sunbird on this page, including its purple rumped sunbird. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Purple-rumped sunbird endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Purple-rumped sunbird as “least concern”.
What family does the Purple-rumped sunbird belong to?
The Purple-rumped sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica) belongs to the family Nectariniidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Purple rumped sunbird by Vinay bhat – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica) from Ezhimala ML155332981 by Manoj Karingamadathil – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q25191152 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Purple-rumped sunbird – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by J.M.Garg – CC BY-SA 3.0