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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sunbird common name for tropical, Old World birds, including more than one hundred species in the family Nectariniidae. Like the unrelated New World hummingbirds, to which sunbirds are often compared, sunbirds have long and slender, highly curved bills, tube-shaped tongues, and feed primarily on nectar and small insects. However, they perch when feeding rather than hovering as the hummingbirds do. They are typically small birds, with the largest, the great sunbird ( Dreptes thomensis ) reaching a maximum length of 8 1/2 in. (22 cm), and are native to forest and brush throughout Africa, Asia,... Read more
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A Dictionary of Zoology sunbirds See NECTARINIIDAE . Read more

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