Purple-rumped Sunbird - Noctarinia zeylanica, Female, Honiton Place, Avissawella, Srio Lanka.

Purple-rumped Sunbird - Nectarinia zeylonica, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Purple-rumped Sunbird - Nectarinia zeylonica, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A male with its beautiful plumage.

A not so pretty female.

You need to be quick and have a fast focus and fast shutter release on your camera to take photos of them. I used a Nikon D90 with a 70-300mm zoom Nikkor lens.

Antics of a Purple-rumped Sunbird, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

I saw this Sunbird preening itself after a bath in the bird bath in our home garden.

Purple-rumped Sunbird - Nectarinia zeylonica, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Female Purple-rumped Sun-bird - Nectarinia zeylanica, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Purple-rumped Sunbird - Nectarinia zeylanica,Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Photo taken in our home-garden, Avissawella.