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Name |
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Purple sunbird |
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Scientific Name |
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Nectarinia asiatica |
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Size |
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Begani sakharkhora (10 cm) |
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Habitat |
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Garden, groves, cultivated and light deciduous forest |
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Identification |
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Metallic dark blue male in breeding, brown and pale dull yellow in non-breeding |
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Status |
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Resident |
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Distribution |
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Throughout the Indian Union |
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Food |
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Flower nectar |
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Nest |
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March to May, pouch of soft grasses |
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Eggs |
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2-3, greyish or greenish white |
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Least Concern |
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Terrestrial |
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Common |
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Most parts of M.P. |
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