Yellow-vented Flowerpecker - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by jaray
Khao Yai NP, Thailand.

Dicaeum chrysorrheum

Identification

Subspecies chrysochlore
Photo © by Chiranjib18
Chapanala, Assam, India, July 2017

9–10 cm (3½-4 in)

• Green upperparts
• Black streaks on white underparts
  

Male

• White lores

Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal
South Asia: India, Eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java and Bali, Lesser Sundas

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• D. c. chrysochlore:

• East Himalayas (Sikkim to south-western China, Myanmar and northern Indochina)

• D. c. chrysorrheum:

• South peninsular Thailand to Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Bali

Habitat

Lowland and hill dipterocarp forests, lower montane and secondary forests.

Behaviour

Diet

They eat a variety of fruit and berries including mistletoes and figs, nectar and insects.

Breeding

Both adults build the well-hidden nest. The clutch contains 2-3 white eggs, which are laid April–August and are incubated by both parents.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-vented Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-vented_Flowerpecker

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