Feeding Brown-Throated Sunbird

For bird photography, one of the best time to take their photo is when they are feeding or when they are looking for food. For smaller birds, they tend to move very fast and hardly stay at one place for too long. This is also true for Brown-Throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis). When I saw them feeding last Sunday at Singapore Botanic Garden, I know I came at the right time. 

Brown-Throated Sunbird feed on nectar and also small insects.

 This male sunbird is looking for spider after he have enough nectar.

This sunbird is scanning under the leaf looking for small insects.

This is the female Brown-Throated Sunbird, without the colourful plumage and the brown throat that gave them their name.

Side view of the female Brown-Throated Sunbird.