Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis. Sunbirds are a family of birds distributed throughout Africa and southern Asia but the only representative in Australia is the Olive-backed Sunbird which is also found from southern China to the Philippines and Malaysia. Originally from a mangrove habitat they have adapted well to humans and are now common even in fairly densely populated areas along the coast of tropical Queensland.
Continue to Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis. Sunbirds are a family of birds distributed throughout Africa and southern Asia but the only representative in Australia is the Olive-backed Sunbird which is also found from southern China to the Philippines and Malaysia. Originally from a mangrove habitat they have adapted well to humans and are now common even in fairly densely populated areas along the coast of tropical Queensland..