More info: The male Palestinian sunbird, or northern orange-tufted sunbird, is a flying gem of iridescent colours. The female is all gray with a black tail. The bill is long and downcurved and is adapted to extract nectar from flowers. They also have a very long tongue which splits at the end like a brush. Unlike hummingbirds, generally sunbirds do not hover but prefer to stand and lean towards a flower.
In many cases instead of leaning inside the flower the sunbird makes a small hole in the side of the flower and “steals” the nectar without repaying the plant by pollinating it.