Copper-throated Sunbird

Large sunbird of mangroves, with relatively long tail. Male appears dark with shiny green crown and shoulder patch, iridescent coppery-red throat and upper breast. Female is dark olive on upperparts and yellow on underparts, with greyish head and throat. Note also incomplete white eye-ring, unlike yellow of Brown-throated Sunbird.

 

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

 

Male, Mangrove Boardwalk

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

A7R4, APS-C mode

f6.3 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 2500

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G OSS

190B/GHFG1, 28 Jan 2022

 

Coastal Trail

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

A1ii, f5.6 1/640. ISO 6400, GM600

190XPROB/WH-200II, 22 May 2026

 

 

f6.3 1/640. @600mm, ISO 3200

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G OSS

190B/GHFG1, 28 Jan 2022

 

f6.3 1/640. @600mm, ISO 2500

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G OSS

190B/GHFG1, 28 Jan 2022

A1ii, f5.6 1/250.  ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x

Berlebach 8013/WH-200II, 6 Jun 2026

 

f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 5000

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G OSS

MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2, 5 Jun 2021

 

f5.6 1/400. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x

190XPROB/WH-200II, 24 Feb 2025