How to Use sunbird in a Sentence
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However, there is no direct evidence of any period of absence of the sunbirds, Ree added.
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Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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However, in other parts of Asia, lipstick vines are known for their long, bright red, tubular flowers, which are primarily pollinated by sunbirds.
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Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The researchers hypothesize that the sunbirds on the mainland might have dwindled at some point in the last few million years, and such a decline may have prompted the lipstick vines to evolve and branch out to other pollinators.
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Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Today, those invaders have been cleared, and more than 100,000 native saplings have grown into a lush forest cover that’s now home to sunbirds, bulbuls, geckos and chameleons.
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Chris Schalkx,
Vogue,
30 Sep. 2025
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Cape Town, South Africa The Cape sugarbird, Cape rockjumper, orange-breasted sunbird and bank cormorant are some of the endemic birds that draw nature lovers to Cape Town.
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Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
27 May 2026
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In June, Indian customs officers seized nearly 100 creatures including lizards, sunbirds and tree-climbing possums, from a passenger arriving from Thailand.
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CBS News,
17 Nov. 2025
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