For Elegant Sunbird, they usually lay 2 eggs at a time, to attract the female sunbird, the male use their special advantage is the bright colors of their feather.​ Elegant Sunbird have two breeding seasons, which are the wet and the dry season. Each season lasts from 14-17 days, sometimes more. In the wet season, they breed outside of their equatorial regions. In the dry season, they associated with the flowering of favoured food plants. During the mating seasons, the male gets aggressive very easily.