| Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica (aka Anthodiaeta metallica) |
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Bilen, Ethiopia The Nile Valley Sunbird is distributed in the Nile Valley as well as parts of Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia and the south-west of the Arabian Peninsula. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in scrub and bushy areas. |
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The male, seen here, is similar to the male Collared Sunbird
H. collaris but has long tail streamers. The female is grey above and pale yellow below and lacks the tail streamers. The non-breeding male is
similar to the female but sometimes has tail streamers. |
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