A Malachite Sunbird .......

losing his colourful plumage. Soon the long tail will be gone too.

[Jenfurj]

The iridescent green of the feathers is beautiful.

[Sylvia Binch]

Wonderful capture. Still plenty of colour left.

[Sarah Munnings]

Beautiful- fav

[haskar]

Wonderful shot.

[Lynda McG]

Nice capture- a lovely bird

[Margo]

Gorgeous bird

[Pam Knowler]

Wow what a beauty! Fav!

[Caroline]

Beautiful colours

[Joan Robillard]

Gorgeous bird

[tony gig]

Amazing capture and beautiful bird...Fav

[Wendy]

Lovely bright colours . Obviously a nectar feeder with that beak!

[Carole Sandford]

Beautiful colours.

[sally agnew]

A stunner, love the curved beak :)

[Wylie]

what a beauty!

[Babs]

Amazing bird. It looks so graceful, what a gorgeous colour. fav

[Lou Ann]

He is a beauty. I’ve never heard of an adult bird changing colors and losing their tail feathers! Oh my.

[gloria jones]

Wow...super capture of this cool bird...nice focus, details

[Merrelyn]

He still has some lovely colour, great focus :)

[Diana Moss]

A fantastic photograph a big FAV

[Henri Russell]

Such a pretty capture. It is interesting how his appearance changes over the year.

[Rosie Kind]

Fantastic Fav

[Suzanne]

A cracking shot

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Fantastic shot

[Sapphire]

Gorgeous

[Milanie]

Beautiful focus - what a fascinating bird.

[Rick]

Cool looking bird. Great capture.

[Diana]

@365projectorgjenfurj @bintal @pixiemac @haskar @lyndamcg @777margo @pamknowler @carvl @joansmor @tonygig @wenadee @carole_sandford @hermann @pusspup @onewing @louannwarren @seattlite @merrelyn @snowy @henrir @rosiekind @suzanne234 @elisasaeter @louisanoffke @milaniet @rickster549 Thanks for the lovely comments, fav's and putting it on the PP. very much appreciated.

[Diana]

@louannwarren In Spring all the different Sunbird males get their mating colours which are rather spectacular. During the winter months they all look very plain and nondescript ;-)

[Valerie Chesney]

Gorgeous bird.

[Gillian]

Fabulous capture Diana