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Photos and videos of wild birds found in the Philippines. We travel all over the Philippines to document and take pictures of birds. Our goal is to make this site a resource of information and images about wild birds of the Philippines.

  1. Birds of the Philippines
  2. Sunbirds

Olive Backed Sunbird

OLIVE BACKED SUNBIRD
Nectarinia jugularis
Nectariniidae Family

resident, common
L 114 mm (4 1/2")

Bird #17 - May 2008

This is a small, colorful, fast-moving bird with a loud call. We usually see it at the tops of flowering trees. It is about 4 1/2 " long.

There Olive Backed sunbirds in Palawan are the aurora race. They have orange below the chest, while the ones outside Palawan have  yellow below the chest.
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  • OLIVE BACKED SUNBIRD, female
<i>Nectarinia jugularis</i>
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
  • OLIVE BACKED SUNBIRD, female
<i>Nectarinia jugularis</i>
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
  • OLIVE BACKED SUNBIRD, male
<i>Nectarinia jugularis</i>
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
  • OLIVE BACKED SUNBIRD, female
<i>Nectarinia jugularis</i>
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
  • OLIVE BACKED SUNBIRD
<i>Nectarinia jugularis</i>
Simply Butterflies Resort, Bilar, Bohol
  • OLIVE BACKED SUNBIRD
<i>Nectarinia jugularis</i>
Alabang, Philippines
  • OLIVE BACKED SUNBIRD
<i>Nectarinia jugularis</i>
Alabang, Philippines
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