NECTAR-EATING BIRDS
Nectar provides a rich source of energy for many small birds. Though these birds must supplement their diet with other foods. Hummingbirds constitute the largest family of nectivores with approximately 350 species in the New World.
Bananaquit
feeding on common aloe (Aloe barbadensis) nectar from flower
![Bananaquit s60-14-011.jpg](bird_food_images/Bananaquit s60-14-011.jpg )
Bananaquit      Coereba flaveola
Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Bonaire, Captain Don's HabitatBeautiful Sunbird
at flower
![Beautiful Sunbird m17-58-312.jpg](bird_food_images/Beautiful Sunbird m17-58-312.jpg )
Beautiful Sunbird      Cinnyris pulchellus
Black-and-red Myzomela
drinking nectar from flower
![Black-and-red Myzomela t08-15-353.jpg](bird_food_images/Black-and-red Myzomela t08-15-353.jpg )
Black-and-red Myzomela      Myzomela rosenbergii
Papua New Guinea, Mt. Hagen Western HighlandsBlack-bellied Hummingbird
Feeding on flower - Costus
![Black-bellied Hummingbird b57-15-091.jpg](bird_food_images/Black-bellied Hummingbird b57-15-091.jpg )
Black-bellied Hummingbird      Eupherusa nigriventris
Black-chinned Hummingbird
feeding on Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
![Black-chinned Hummingbird n06-2-036.jpg](bird_food_images/Black-chinned Hummingbird n06-2-036.jpg )
Black-chinned Hummingbird      Archilochus alexandri
USA; Texas, Hill Country, Uvalde Co.Black-throated Flowerpiercer
feeding at Fuschia flowers
![Black-throated Flowerpiercer b57-19-419.jpg](bird_food_images/Black-throated Flowerpiercer b57-19-419.jpg )
Black-throated Flowerpiercer      Diglossa brunneiventris
Broad-billed Hummingbird
feeding at cholla cactus flower
![Broad-billed Hummingbird b57-19-696.jpg](bird_food_images/Broad-billed Hummingbird b57-19-696.jpg )
Broad-billed Hummingbird      Cynanthus latirostris
USA; Arizona, .Broad-billed Hummingbird
feeding at Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja
![Broad-billed Hummingbird r15-3-011.jpg](bird_food_images/Broad-billed Hummingbird r15-3-011.jpg )
Broad-billed Hummingbird      Cynanthus latirostris
USA; Arizona, Madera Canyon, Bog Springs Campground, Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz Co.Broad-billed Hummingbird
at Mexican Cigar
![Broad-billed Hummingbird t16-2-021.jpg](bird_food_images/Broad-billed Hummingbird t16-2-021.jpg )
Broad-billed Hummingbird      Cynanthus latirostris
USA; Louisiana, ThiboduaxBroad-tailed Hummingbird
feeding on columbine
![Broad-tailed Hummingbird n06-2-094.jpg](bird_food_images/Broad-tailed Hummingbird n06-2-094.jpg )
Broad-tailed Hummingbird      Selasphorus platycercus
USA; Arizona, Paradise, Chiricahua Mts., Cochise Co.Buff-tailed Sicklebill
feeding on Heliconia flower
![Buff-tailed Sicklebill w02-11-020.jpg](bird_food_images/Buff-tailed Sicklebill w02-11-020.jpg )
Buff-tailed Sicklebill      Eutoxeres condamini
Ecuador; Morona-Santiago, 5 km SW TaishaCosta's Hummingbird
feeding at Penstemon superbus, or "superb beardtongue" or "superb penstemon"
![Costa's Hummingbird l07-53-046.jpg](bird_food_images/Costa's Hummingbird l07-53-046.jpg )
Costa's Hummingbird      Calypte costae
USA; Arizona, Catalina, Pima Co.Curve-billed Thrasher
at cactus fruit
![Curve-billed Thrasher b13-25-043.jpg](bird_food_images/Curve-billed Thrasher b13-25-043.jpg )
Curve-billed Thrasher      Toxostoma curvirostre
USA; Arizona, Tucson, Pima Co.Eastern Olive Sunbird
feeding at Leonotis flowers
![Eastern Olive Sunbird s45-11-059.jpg](bird_food_images/Eastern Olive Sunbird s45-11-059.jpg )
Eastern Olive Sunbird      Cyanomitra olivacea
Kenya, Chyulu HillsEastern Violet-backed Sunbird
at flower
![Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird m17-58-305.jpg](bird_food_images/Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird m17-58-305.jpg )
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird      Anthreptes orientalis
Giant Hummingbird
at agave flower
![Giant Hummingbird b57-7-199.jpg](bird_food_images/Giant Hummingbird b57-7-199.jpg )
Giant Hummingbird      Patagona gigas
Ecuador, Near Quito, highlands of EcuadorHachisuka's Sunbird
feeding at flower
![Hachisuka's Sunbird w02-16-267.jpg](bird_food_images/Hachisuka's Sunbird w02-16-267.jpg )
Hachisuka's Sunbird      Aethopyga primigenius
Philippines, Mindanao, Davao City, Baracatan, 1100 m.Hooded Oriole
getting nectar from legume flower
![Hooded Oriole n09-3-018.jpg](bird_food_images/Hooded Oriole n09-3-018.jpg )
Hooded Oriole      Icterus cucullatus
Mexico, Riviera MayaHunter's Sunbird
at flower
![Hunter's Sunbird m17-58-319.jpg](bird_food_images/Hunter's Sunbird m17-58-319.jpg )
Hunter's Sunbird      Chalcomitra hunteri
Large Cactus-Finch
at cactus flower, Opuntia
![Large Cactus-Finch s66-1-545.jpg](bird_food_images/Large Cactus-Finch s66-1-545.jpg )
Large Cactus-Finch      Geospiza conirostris
Galapagos, Genovesa Is. (Tower Is.)Little Spiderhunter
foraging on banana flower
![Little Spiderhunter s45-13-048.jpg](bird_food_images/Little Spiderhunter s45-13-048.jpg )
Little Spiderhunter      Arachnothera longirostra
Malaysia, Taman Negara National ParkMasked Flowerpiercer
piercing flower
![Masked Flowerpiercer f26-1-052.jpg](bird_food_images/Masked Flowerpiercer f26-1-052.jpg )
Masked Flowerpiercer      Diglossa cyanea
Colombia, Manizales, Rio Blanco Ecological ReserveMountain Black-eye
feeding on nectar in bush with yellow flowers
![Mountain Black-eye w02-48-247.jpg](bird_food_images/Mountain Black-eye w02-48-247.jpg )
Mountain Black-eye      Chlorocharis emiliae
Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia, Sabah, Kinabalu Park, Laban Rata 3,275 m.Nepal Sunbird
feeding on flower
![Nepal Sunbird t21-5-006.jpg](bird_food_images/Nepal Sunbird t21-5-006.jpg )
Nepal Sunbird      Aethopyga nipalensis
India, Eastern Himalayan hillsOrange-crowned Warbler
feeding on Oregon Grape flowers - Mahonia
![Orange-crowned Warbler n10-25-012.jpg](bird_food_images/Orange-crowned Warbler n10-25-012.jpg )
Orange-crowned Warbler      Vermivora celata
Canada; British Columbia, PentictonPurple-throated Sunbird
at flower
![Purple-throated Sunbird e05-14-238.jpg](bird_food_images/Purple-throated Sunbird e05-14-238.jpg )
Purple-throated Sunbird      Leptocoma sperata
Indonesia, Ytanjung Putting NP Kalimantan, BorneoRainbow Starfrontlet
feeding a purple tubular flower
![Rainbow Starfrontlet w02-38-054.jpg](bird_food_images/Rainbow Starfrontlet w02-38-054.jpg )
Rainbow Starfrontlet      Coeligena iris
Ecuador; Loja, Utuana 2,400 m.Red-tailed Comet
feeding a purple tubular flower
![Red-tailed Comet b57-19-236.jpg](bird_food_images/Red-tailed Comet b57-19-236.jpg )
Red-tailed Comet      Sappho sparganura
Red-throated Sunbird
at flower
![Red-throated Sunbird e05-14-248.jpg](bird_food_images/Red-throated Sunbird e05-14-248.jpg )
Red-throated Sunbird      Anthreptes rhodolaema
Indonesia, Tanjung Putting NP, Kalimantan, BorneoRuby-throated Hummingbird
feeding at jewelweed, Imaptiens
![Ruby-throated Hummingbird c22-44-057.jpg](bird_food_images/Ruby-throated Hummingbird c22-44-057.jpg )
Ruby-throated Hummingbird      Archilochus colubris
USA; Illinois, Chicago, Sand Ridge Nature CenterRuby-throated Hummingbird
feeding at Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal flower
![Ruby-throated Hummingbird n09-3-037.jpg](bird_food_images/Ruby-throated Hummingbird n09-3-037.jpg )
Ruby-throated Hummingbird      Archilochus colubris
Canada; Quebec, Quebec CitySlaty Flowerpiercer
piercing base of Datura flower
![Slaty Flowerpiercer b57-15-442.jpg](bird_food_images/Slaty Flowerpiercer b57-15-442.jpg )
Slaty Flowerpiercer      Diglossa plumbea
Streaked Spiderhunter
nectaring on banana flower
![Streaked Spiderhunter s70-5-247.jpg](bird_food_images/Streaked Spiderhunter s70-5-247.jpg )
Streaked Spiderhunter      Arachnothera magna
Thailand, Kaeng KrachanSword-billed Hummingbird
feeding at Datura flower
![Sword-billed Hummingbird c44-5-043.jpg](bird_food_images/Sword-billed Hummingbird c44-5-043.jpg )
Sword-billed Hummingbird      Ensifera ensifera
Ecuador, Guango LodgeTennessee Warbler
feeding in flower
![Tennessee Warbler c22-41-133.jpg](bird_food_images/Tennessee Warbler c22-41-133.jpg )
Tennessee Warbler      Vermivora peregrina
USA; Illinois, Chicago, Montrose PointVelvet-purple Coronet
Feeding at a red flower
![Velvet-purple Coronet b57-9-550.jpg](bird_food_images/Velvet-purple Coronet b57-9-550.jpg )
Velvet-purple Coronet      Boissonneaua jardini
Ecuador, Tandayapa ValleyViolet Sabrewing
flying and feeding at flower
![Violet Sabrewing b57-15-204.jpg](bird_food_images/Violet Sabrewing b57-15-204.jpg )
Violet Sabrewing      Campylopterus hemileucurus
Costa Rica, Costa RicaViolet-bellied Hummingbird
![Violet-bellied Hummingbird b57-9-563.jpg](bird_food_images/Violet-bellied Hummingbird b57-9-563.jpg )
Violet-bellied Hummingbird      Damophila julie
Ecuador, Bueneventura Lodge in southwest EcuadorViolet-tailed Sylph
Feeding at a red flower
![Violet-tailed Sylph b57-9-570.jpg](bird_food_images/Violet-tailed Sylph b57-9-570.jpg )
Violet-tailed Sylph      Aglaiocercus coelestis
Ecuador, Mindo Loma ReserveWhite-winged Dove
at cactus flower
![White-winged Dove b13-30-027.jpg](bird_food_images/White-winged Dove b13-30-027.jpg )
White-winged Dove      Zenaida asiatica
USA; Arizona, Tucson, Pima Co.White-winged Dove
Drinking nectar from Saguaro cactus blossom
![White-winged Dove b13-50-045.jpg](bird_food_images/White-winged Dove b13-50-045.jpg )
White-winged Dove      Zenaida asiatica
USA; Arizona, Tucson Pima CountyWoodpecker Finch
piercing flower
![Woodpecker Finch m17-70-750.jpg](bird_food_images/Woodpecker Finch m17-70-750.jpg )
Woodpecker Finch      Camarhynchus pallidus
Galapagos, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Is. (Indefatigable Is.) We value your feedback:
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