Female Vigors’s sunbird

Female Vigors’s sunbird otherwise known as the Western Crimson Sunbird. These striking birds are endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Despite the tropical storms during my first visit to Goa there was plenty of wildlife around like this gorgeous sunbird which is similar to the hummingbirds found in the Americas.

Female Vigors’s sunbird : About the Vigors’s sunbird:

“Vigors’s Sunbird is a species of sunbird which is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It has been considered as a subspecies of the Crimson Sunbird but it does not have the central tail as elongated and is restricted in its distribution. The male has yellow on the lower back and tail is bottle green. The species is distributed mainly in the northern Western Ghats.” – http://www.india-birds.com/vigorsssunbird.aspx

You can find out more about this sunbird here.