Malachite sunbird Malachite sunbird The malachite sunbird ("Nectarinia famosa") is a small nectarivorous bird found from the highlands of Ethiopia southwards to South Africa. The pollinate many flowering plants, particularly those with long corolla tubes, in the Fynbos. The sunbirds are a group of small Old World passerine birds, and are placed within the family Nectariniidae, which is found across Africa, the Middle East and into South-east Asia. Also called green sugarbird. The malachite sunbird has two subspecies. The nominate "N. f. famosa "occurs mainly in South Africa, Lesotho and western Swaziland, although its range just extends into southern Namibia and Zimbabwe.
The Malachite Box Adveyeva sung the Mistress of the Copper Mountain (mezzo-soprano), Dina Potapovskaya sung Katya (coloratura soprano). The 1954 ballet "The Tale of the Stone Flower" was created by Sergei Prokofiev. "Skazy", also called "The Stone Flower", was the 1987 play of the Maly Theatre. A lot of Soviet and Russian composers drew inspiration from "The Malachite Box". The suite "Skazy" was created by Grigory Frid in 1948. Alexey Muravlev based his symphonic poem "Mount Azov" (1949) on the tale "Beloved Name". In 1979 Margarita Kesareva created a series of piano pieces "Ural Book" (Уральская тетрадь), which included the movement "The Bear