Green headed SunBird also called  Olive-backed   

Specie name: Nectarinia verticalis

 

 Photographs cannot even begin to do this bird justice, with the beauty of the almost electric plumage that this bird possess. The head and chest feathers of this spectacular little bird are such a bright shimmering green it is really hard to capture it with a photo. He sits beautifully perched on a small piece of driftwood that is attached to a solid oak base with a realistic habitat This piece would be a great addition to anyone's collection.

 

 

 

 

The green headed sunbird is native to central and west Africa.

 

The sunbirds are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed most of the time.

The sunbirds are the Old World equivalent of the hummingbirds of the Americas, although they are completely unrelated. The resemblance to hummingbirds and Australian honeyeaters are due to convergent evolution due to the similar nectar-feeding lifestyle.

Like the hummingbirds, they are strongly sexually dimorphic, with the males usually brilliantly plumaged in metallic colors. Sunbirds have long thin down-curved bills and brush tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to their nectar feeding.