African Bird Club

Amani Sunbird female - Adult female

Photographer

» Steven Garvie

Location

» Arabuko-Sokoke Forest

Country image taken

» Kenya

Date

» August, 2007

Equipment

» Canon 1D mkII + 500mm IS lens + 1.4x TC

Bird Species

»Hedydipna pallidigaster - Amani Sunbird

Bird Species (French)

»Souimanga d'Amani

Bird Family

»Nectariniidae - Sunbirds

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Endangered

Remarks

» In Arabuko-Sokoke these birds were apparently restricted to the canopy of more mature Brachystegia stands in white sand-soil forest where they favoured trees sporting heavy growths of a 'Spanish moss' -type epiphyte. The birds always seemed to be high up at around 20-35 metres & seemed to spend most of their time gleaning insects from the high branches & especially the hanging moss 'gardens'