Ornate Sunbird

Ornate Sunbird belongs to bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the olive-backed sunbird, now renamed the garden sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis). The ornate sunbird was formally described in 1827 by the French naturalist René Lesson under the binomial name Cinnyris ornatus. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its recorded distribution includes various habitats including mangroves, forest edge, open scrub as well as parks and gardens. The elongated hanging nest is 30–60 cm (12–24 in) in length and has a hooded side entrance. The clutch of 1–3 eggs is incubated by the female. The diet mainly comprises small insects, spiders, nectar and small fruit. He based his description on a hand-coloured plate showing the male and female birds that had been published in 1822 as part of a book by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. (Wikipedia, general species account).