Little Spiderhunter

Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) a very small birds that with very long beak that differentiate them from sunbirds. I have not been able to capture any photo or seen them hunting spiders and would love to see it some times.

The torch ginger flower as seen on the photo above is one of their main food source.

Brown-throated Sunbird Bathing

I was at Mandai last Sunday after the early morning rains and got to see this beautiful Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) bathing.

This sunbird take advantage of the water droplets for bathing.
Back to the top and balance itselfNot just preening, the sunbird uses their leg to spread the water onto their wings too.Another well shakeand is done!

Brown-throated sunbird are bigger in size comparing with other sunbirds found in Singapore such as Olive-back and Crimson sunbirds.