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  Plain-throated Sunbird piercing fruit

 

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Although their diet consists largely of nectar, this still immature Plain-throated Sunbird, which is also referred to as Brown-throated Sunbird, uses its curved bill to pierce a rambutan in order to get to the fruit's sweet and succulent flesh.

 

It has left the fruit with a large gaping hole, that in turn attracts wasps and others to feast on it.

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  Plain-throated Sunbird piercing fruit