The Suffused Flash, Rapala suffusa barthema (Distant)

Uncommon and has a tendancy to stay on lofty perches on flowering trees and shrubs, coming down later in the evening to lower heights to roost.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
				x	x	x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S6

S6

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S3

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
											S29

2019
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
											S

2020
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

This one was nectaring on a patch of Chromolaena odorata that made its way up the canopy of a 5M tree: 01 Jan 2015 @ 11:09

 11:47

 11:48

11:50

Above photos of a female 09 Jan 2015

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male from mid-elevation: 09 Jan 2016 @ 12:27

Above pix 07 Dec 2019 @ 15:40