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| − | The Plain Flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor) is a small passerine bird. As its name suggests, this species lacks the brightly coloured male plumage typically shown by flowerpeckers. It is a very small, stout bird, 9 cm in length, with a short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue. The latter features reflect the importance of nectar in its diet, although berries, spiders and insects are also taken.
| + | 9 cm, short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue. Olive-brown upperparts and greyish white underparts. |
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| − | The adult Plain Flowerpecker has olive-brown upperparts and greyish white underparts. Some races, such as the Himalayan D. c. olivaceum have greener-tinged upperparts, and the Andaman Islands race D. c. virescens is distinctive, with green upperparts, a pale green breast, and yellow belly.
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| | ==Distribtuion== | | ==Distribtuion== |
| − | It is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India east to Indonesia.
| + | Southern Asia from [[India]] east to [[Indonesia]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
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| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| − | The Plain Flowerpecker is a common resident breeding bird of woodland edges, cultivation and isolated stands of trees, often in hilly country.
| + | Woodland edges, cultivation and isolated stands of trees, often in hilly country. |
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| − | Two or three eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree or bush.
| + | 2-3 eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree or bush. |
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Revision as of 16:12, 1 October 2007
- Dicaeum concolor
Identification
9 cm, short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue. Olive-brown upperparts and greyish white underparts.
Distribtuion
Southern Asia from India east to Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Woodland edges, cultivation and isolated stands of trees, often in hilly country.
Behaviour
2-3 eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree or bush.
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