sunbird
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On Krakoff’s Facebook page, he said he would split his time between Jalisco, Mexico and Peoria, Arizona, as he enjoyed being “a sunbird and spending six months a year in each home.”
From The Verge ● May 1, 2022
Some birds – the painted bunting in Texas, Gould’s sunbird in South Asia, the rainbow lorikeet in Australia – are gaudier than any flower.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2018
When the molting is complete, this adult sunbird will be all black, with shiny head, wings and tail.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2011
There are only a handful of species that we caught, although we caught many of the common species, like the black sunbird and the shining flycatcher.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2011
A violet dress and a matching mask of sunbird feathers arrive in the main salon.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
In June, Mumbai customs intercepted two passengers arriving from Thailand with dozens of venomous vipers and more than 100 other creatures, including lizards, sunbirds and tree-climbing possums, also arriving from Thailand.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
Many nectar-eating hummingbirds, sunbirds, and other unrelated groups of birds cope with these constraints by being small—usually less than 20 grams—and having long slender bills and highly specialized tongues.
From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023
But being a committed birder is about more than flying off to far places to see technicolor sunbirds and hordes of penguins.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2021
Guinea fowl squawk around the sculpture garden, native flowers protea and strelitzia light up the flowerbeds, attracting colourful sugarbirds and sunbirds.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2018
And when that tree was in bloom, it was a regular aviary of crows, mynahs, babblers, rosy pastors, sunbirds and parakeets.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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