LOCAL NAMES

• නිතඹ දම් සූටික්කා, Purperstuithoningzuiger, Souimanga à croupion pourpre, Indiennektarvogel, ફૂલસૂંઘણી શક્કરખોરો, शक्कर खोरा, クリセタイヨウチョウ, മഞ്ഞത്തേൻകിളി, सूर्यपक्षी, शिंजीर, जांभळ्या पुठ्ठ्याचा शिंजीर, purpurgumpsolfugl, nektarnik żółtobrzuchy, Лимонная нектарница, Ljubičastoleđa sunčica, nektárovka záhradná, Suimanga Cingalés, violettgumpad solfågel, ஊதாப்பிட்டத் தேன்சிட்டு, ముదగ తేనె పిట్ట, Mor Sokumlu Nektarkuşu, సూర్యపక్షి, சூரிய பறவை, সূর্য পাখি, સૂર્ય પક્ષી, सनबर्ड, സൂര്യപക്ഷി, सूर्यपक्षी, souimanga, Sonnenvogel, uccello solare, pájaro sol
• Dutch Purperstuithoningzuiger
• English Purple-rumped Sunbird
• English (United States) Purple-rumped Sunbird
• French Souimanga à croupion pourpre
• French (French Guiana) Souimanga à croupion pourpre
• German Indiennektarvogel
• Japanese クリセタイヨウチョウ
• Malayalam മഞ്ഞത്തേൻകിളി
• Marathi जांभळ्या पुठ्ठ्याचा शिंजीर
• Norwegian purpurgumpsolfugl
• Odia ଶକର ଖୋରା
• Polish nektarnik żółtobrzuchy
• Russian Лимонная нектарница
• Serbian Ljubičastoleđa sunčica
• Slovak nektárovka záhradná
• Spanish Suimanga Cingalés
• Spanish (Spain) Suimanga cingalés
• Swedish violettgumpad solfågel
• Telugu ముదగ తేనె పిట్ట
• Turkish Mor Sokumlu Nektarkuşu
• Ukrainian Нектаринка лимонногруда

DESCRIPTION

The purple-rumped sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica) is a sunbird endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. Like other sunbirds, they are small in size, feeding mainly on nectar but sometimes take insects, particularly when feeding young. They can hover for short durations but usually perch to suck nectar from flowers. They build a hanging pouch nest made up of cobwebs, lichens and plant material. Males are brightly coloured but females are olive above and yellow to buff below. Males are easily distinguished from the purple sunbird by the light coloured underside while females can be told apart by their whitish throats.