Nectar-loving sunbirds brighten Chongqing

A Cheerful Mrs. Gould's sunbird is captured dancing in the flowers and collecting pollen in a village in Chongqing. [Photo by Zhu Yunping/For chinadaily.com.cn]

The Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)is a small bird named in honor of Elizabeth Gould, a British artist who produced illustrations of some of the most important birds of the 19th century.