This bird is either a young male, or a bird moulting from eclipse to breeding plumage. ID should be easier on a breeding-plumaged bird.
Potentially useful features for ID of this bird seem to be:
- Dark red throat
- Dark belly
- Dark wings and tail with slight gloss
- Yellow rump
- Appears to have yellow or green plumage on the upperparts
I don't think that this combination fits for Fork-tailed Sunbird, and I think that the tail shape is right for Fork-tailed.
I'm not really sure about which species it is. The best I can find to fit the combination of features is Crimson Sunbird of the subspecies magnifica, from the Philippines (sometimes split as Magnificent Sunbird).
http://orientalbirdimages.org/se ... cation=_philippines
http://orientalbirdimages.org/se ... cation=_philippines
I'm actually not sure about the ID of this bird, so if anyone else has any input, please comment.
The tail shows uneven feather loss, which is not normal on a wild bird and may suggest that this bird has escaped from captivity.
