The orange-breasted sunbird is a small passerine
sunbird endemic to South Africa, and is found in shrubland or heathland
vegetations called fynbos. Orange-breasted sunbird males average 17 cm
long and females 13 cm long. The male's head, throat, and mantle are
bright metallic green and the rest of the upper parts are olive green.
The upper breast is metallic violet and the rest of the under-side is
shades of orange. The female is olive-green on the top-side and
olive-yellow on the under-side. These birds have long down-curved bills
and brush-tipped tubular tongues. Both of these are adaptations for
nectar feeding, the orange-breasted sunbird's primary food source.
However, the bird also feeds on insects.
