EXONUMI STATIC :

14.644.3732

EXONUMI # :

MYMAL.2005.25

Group Name :

National Definitive - Series V : Birds of Malaysia

Item Name :

Olive-Backed Sunbird / Kelicap Bukit (Nectarinia jugularis)

Item Type :

Postal Stamp

Issue Date :

14/05/2005

Printer :

Percetakan Keselamatan Nasional Sdn Bhd

Printing :

Lithography

Designer :

Huda Corporation Sdn Bhd

Watermark :

SPM (Inverted)

Perforations :

comb 13¾ x 14

Separation Type :

Normal Perforations

Gum Type :

Gum

Face Value :

75 sen

Dimension :

25 × 30 mm

Shape :

Rectangular

Orientation :

Vertical

Paper Type :

Phosphorized / Phospor Coated

Description :

Olive-back Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis)

These are very small birds, sized at about 11.5cm. The upperparts of a male are dull olive brown, metallic blue-black forehead, throat and upper breast (with red stripe edge), contrasting with bright yellow underparts and white undertail. The females have a decurved bill with all white tail. The bird is common in woodland, secondary forests, marshes, mangrove swamps, coastal scrubs, gardens and vegetations up to 915 metres. They build a flimsy hanging pear-shaped nest with an overhanging porch at the entrance between 1 metre to 9 metres above ground. They lay two greenish-grey or pure grey eggs speckled with light purple-brown or deep purple-brown spots sized at 16.6mm x 11.5mm on average. Found in the region stretching from southern Myanmar to Northern Australia and the Philippines.