hi....

[sunbird]

i am from indonesia,
i liked sunbird especially purple throated sunbird (Leptocoma sperata), because of its beautiful song, in indonesia i don't have many reference on how to keep them healthy and sing, until i found this forum, and thank to google translate i was able to read some of the information. i currently got 4 juvenile purple throated sunbird, i dont know the sex of the bird.
i currently feed them liquid milk + sugar + water and ants egg.
my question is:
1. how to keep it healty
2. how to differentiate male and female in juvenile
3. how to train it to sing
4. what kind of food that you use?

thanks,
sorry my english is not good

[dong_phuong]

Ðề: hi....

you can put pictures up for people to distinguish and instructions on how to care for you
(bạn có thể đưa hình lên để mọi người phân biệt va hướng dẫn cách chăm sóc cho bạn)

[__Ant__]

Ðề: hi....

4 vấn đề bác đó hỏi là
1. Cách giữ sức khỏe cho chim ( cách chăm sóc )
2. Cách phân biệt chim trống mái
3. Cách đào tạo chim hót
4. Cách làm thức ăn.

Bác nào rành tiếng Anh Viết dùm đi
<------ Bổ sung bài viết ------->
hi. welcom to forum chimcanhvn.com. This first, the forum have a member indonesia. it nice to help you. forward the information on the forum can help you

[sunbird]

Ðề: hi....

you can put pictures up for people to distinguish and instructions on how to care for you
(bạn có thể đưa hình lên để mọi người phân biệt va hướng dẫn cách chăm sóc cho bạn)

pictures of my bird:





it is hard to take picture of my bird, mine isn't tame enough.
the first pic is probably a female, the second pic is a male.
<------ Bổ sung bài viết ------->

4 vấn đề bác đó hỏi là
1. Cách giữ sức khỏe cho chim ( cách chăm sóc )
2. Cách phân biệt chim trống mái
3. Cách đào tạo chim hót
4. Cách làm thức ăn.

Bác nào rành tiếng Anh Viết dùm đi
<------ Bổ sung bài viết ------->
hi. welcom to forum chimcanhvn.com. This first, the forum have a member indonesia. it nice to help you. forward the information on the forum can help you

thanks,
but i don't understand it

[tieumi]

Ðề: hi....

hi you ,,you can wait until your bird grow up ...and the male is nice .it's purple ..the female is ugly .it's gray

[zedo_ng]

Ðề: hi....

Đây là hình chim trưởng thành nè các bác. Bác nào biết cách chăm sóc thì trả lời bằng tiếng Việt rồi các anh em biết tiếng Anh sẽ dịch ra cho anh bạn Indo này:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leptoc...ore-8a.jpg

[phoenix108]

Ðề: hi....

Hi ! sunbird......

[URL="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/family/sunbirds-nectariniidae"]Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)[/URL]

Purple-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma sperata) - HBW 13, p. 267

French: Souimanga de Hasselt German: Purpurkehl-Nektarvogel Spanish: Suimanga Gorjipúrpura
Other common names: (van) Hasselt’s Sunbird (sperata); Philippine/Luzon/Henke’s Sunbird (henkei); Mindanao Sunbird (juliae)
Taxonomy: Certhia sperata Linnaeus, 1766, Manila, Luzon, Philippines.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Genus names Leptocoma and Chalcostetha described simultaneously, on consecutive pages of same publication; former has been selected by First Reviser as having precedence (see page 48); type of genus Leptocoma is hasseltii (= brasiliana). Present species possibly forms a superspecies with L. sericea. Geographical plumage variation considerable; races form two groups, “nominate group” (containing Philippine races) and “brasiliana group” (containing other races), and has been suggested that these .. View all taxonomy...
Subspecies and Distribution:

• brasiliana (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - NE India (Assam, Tripura, Manipur), Bangladesh hills and W & SW Myanmar S to S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra (and islands off W coast except Simeulue), and W Java and Borneo.
  
• emmae Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 - Cambodia, S Laos and S Vietnam (probably also this race in Tonkin).
  
• mecynorhyncha (Oberholser, 1912) - Simeulue I (off W Sumatra)
  

[URL="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/family/sunbirds-nectariniidae"]Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)[/URL]

[URL="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/purple-throated-sunbird-leptocoma-sperata"]Purple-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma sperata)[/URL]

• Least Concern
  

[URL="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/pictures/PTSunbird_Polillo_801.jpg"][/URL] single male in scrub among fields
[URL="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/family/sunbirds-nectariniidae"]Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)[/URL]

[URL="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/purple-throated-sunbird-leptocoma-sperata"]Purple-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma sperata)[/URL]

• Least Concern
  

[URL="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/pictures/Leptocoma_sperata_IMG_3402-001.JPG"][/URL] A male perched on a tree.
[URL="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/family/sunbirds-nectariniidae"]Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)[/URL]

[URL="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/purple-throated-sunbird-leptocoma-sperata"]Purple-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma sperata)[/URL]

• Least Concern
  

[URL="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/pictures/Leptocoma_sperata_IMG_3380-001.JPG"][/URL] A female perched on a tree.

The sunbirds and spiderhunters make up a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29"]family[/URL], Nectariniidae, of very small [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine"]passerine[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird"]birds[/URL]. There are 132 species in 15 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus"]genera[/URL]. The family is distributed throughout [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa"]Africa[/URL], the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Subcontinent"]Indian Subcontinent[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia"]Southeast Asia[/URL] and just reaches northern [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia"]Australia[/URL]. Most sunbirds feed largely on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nectar"]nectar[/URL], but also take insects and spiders, especially when feeding young. Flower tubes that bar access to nectar because of their shape, are simply punctured at the base near the nectaries. Fruit is also part of the diet of some species. Their [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_flight"]flight[/URL] is fast and direct on their short wings.
The sunbirds have counterparts in two very distantly related groups: the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird"]hummingbirds[/URL] of the Americas and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeyeater"]honeyeaters[/URL] of Australia. The resemblances are due to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution"]convergent evolution[/URL] brought about by a similar nectar-feeding lifestyle.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbird#cite_note-0"][1][/URL] Some sunbird species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.

[zedo_ng]

Ðề: hi....

It's difficult to distinguish male and female when they are young. When getting mature, the male's feathers will get colourful. IN vietnam, I see people feed them by mixing sugar or honey with water, fruit (bananas, apple, papaya), mosquito larvae. The mature male will sing when putting 2 males' cages close together, but not always because they will get familiar and will not sing.

[tieumi]

Ðề: hi....

i think the first pic is femail ..i don't know second pic...