sunbirds

Now, I am fully persuaded that the nectar of flowers is an intoxicant to birds, and of course this will account, not only in part for the rowdiness of the black bulbuls, but for the pugnacity of those creatures, such as sunbirds, which habitually feed upon this stimulating diet.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

Zinzi December's animal is a sloth, boyfriend Benoît harbours a mongoose; other denizens of Zoo City the run down area of Johannesburg which has become a ghetto for the "animalled" have attracted scorpions, sunbirds, vervet monkeys.

Zoo City by Lauren Beukes – review 2011

A free track can also be downloaded from sunbirds. co.uk.

Sunbirds (No 810) 2010

Just ask the sunbirds which turn up for breakfast.

South Africa beyond the World Cup: hiking in the wild east Gavin Bell 2010

So why do we need polar bears and mountain gorillas, spotted owls and sunbirds?

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle: The Crisis Nobody's Talking About 2010

Forest birds include green ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis (local Mount Kenya race), Ayre's hawk eagle Hieraaetus dubius, Abyssinian long-eared owl Asio abyssinicus, scaly francolin Francolinus squamatus, Ruppell's robin-chat Cossypha semirufa, and numerous sunbirds (Nectariniidae).

Mount Kenya National Park and National Forest, Kenya 2009

Notable species are the bamboo warbler Bradypterus alfredi and Shelley's crimson-wing Cryptospiza shelleyi (T) the endemic Ruwenzori turaco Musophage johnstoni, and two sunbirds, the regal Cynnyris regius and the larger scarlet-tufted malachite Nectorinia johnstonii dartmouthi.

Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda 2009

Hummingbirds and sunbirds are not particularly closely related, by the way.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

In '' 'Zoophily' '', pollination is done by vertebrates such as birds and bats, particularly, hummingbirds, sunbirds, spiderhunters, honeyeaters, and fruit Bats.

Pollination Wikipedia 2009

Birds, particularly hummingbirds, honeyeaters and sunbirds also accomplish much pollination, especially of deep-throated flowers.

Pollinator Wikipedia 2009