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- Dicaeum minullum
Identification
9 cm, short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue. Olive-brown upperparts and greyish white underparts.
Distribtuion
Southern Asia from eastern India east to Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- D. m. olivaceum:
- D. m. minullum:
- Hainan Island (southern China)
- D. m. uchidai:
- Montane forests of Taiwan
- D. m. borneanum:
- Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and North Natuna Island
- D. m. sollicitans:
It was formerly considerd conspecific with Nilgiri Flowerpecker and Andaman Flowerpecker. All three together were known as Plain Flowerpecker, Dicaeum concolor.
Habitat
Woodland edges, cultivation and isolated stands of trees, often in hilly country.
Behaviour
Breeding
The 2-3 eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree or bush.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Plain Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Plain_Flowerpecker
