Alternative name: White-throated Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum vincens
Identification
10cm.
Short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue, blue-black upperparts, white throat and upper breast, yellow lower breast and belly. The female is duller, with olive-brown upperparts.
Distribution
South-western Sri Lanka.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens.
Behaviour
Breeding
Two eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree.
Diet
The diet includes nectar, berries, spiders and insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Legge's Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Legge%27s_Flowerpecker
