There are 21 species of sunbird in Southern Africa, and nine of them can be found in the Highway area. The Collared Sunbird is one of the more common species and appears to tolerate humans better than ...

Discover how the double-collared sunbird plays a crucial role in pollination, including its interaction with South African orchids. Steve Johnson, a botanist at the University of Natal in South Africa ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract When nectar is dilute, nectar-feeding birds must ingest relatively large volumes to compensate for its low caloric value. We hypothesized that ...

The sunbirds of Cape Town are to the local flowers (and humans) what hummingbirds are in the Americas: Small, bright, enchanting, and impossibly photogenic, but less impossible to photograph ...

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The role of sunbirds (Nectariniidae) in the pollination ecology of Strelitzia nicolai (Musaceae) was studied for one year in a coastal dune forest in Zululand, South Africa. It was found that S.

The Southern Double-Collared Sunbird is relatively small at 12cm and only 8g. The colours of the male, however, make up for its small size. The head, back, neck and upper breast are a striking ...