Editing Collared sunbird

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Collared sunbird (Hedydipna collaris) male.jpg
| image_caption = male
| image2 = Collared sunbird (Hedydipna collaris) female.jpg
| image2_caption = female<br />both [[Volcanoes National Park]], [[Rwanda]]
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Hedydipna collaris'' |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |page=e.T22717668A94545190 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717668A94545190.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Hedydipna
| species = collaris
| authority = ([[Louis Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], 1819)
| synonyms = ''Anthreptes collaris''<br />
''Anthodiaeta collaris''
}}

The '''collared sunbird''' ('''''Hedydipna collaris''''') is a [[bird]] species of the family [[Nectariniidae]]. The sunbirds are a group of very small [[Old World]] [[passerine]] [[Aves|bird]]s which feed largely on [[nectar]], although they will also take [[insect]]s, especially when feeding young. The collared sunbird is in fact mainly [[Insectivore|insectivorous]].

[[File:Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris).jpg|thumb|Male in a garden grapevine]]
[[File:Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris) female on nest ... (30429792623).jpg|thumb|Female in nest]]
Sunbird flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a [[hummingbird]], but usually perch to feed most of the time.

The collared sunbird is a common breeder across most of [[sub-Saharan Africa]]. Two or three [[Egg (biology)|egg]]s are laid in a suspended nest in a tree. It is a seasonal bird [[Bird migration|migrant]] within its range.

Collared sunbirds are tiny, only {{cvt|9–10|cm}} long. They have short thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to nectar feeding.

The adult male has glossy green upperparts and head with a yellow belly and narrow purple breast band. The female is a duller green above and entirely yellow below.

This species inhabits forests near water.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*''Birds of The Gambia'' by Barlow, Wacher and Disley, {{ISBN|1-873403-32-1}}

==External links==
* Collared sunbird - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/793.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].

{{Taxonbar|from=Q839914}}

[[Category:Hedydipna|collared sunbird]]
[[Category:Birds of the Gulf of Guinea]]
[[Category:Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1819|collared sunbird]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot|collared sunbird]]


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