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Photo by mehd halaouate
Photo taken: Gede Pangrango, west Java, Indonesia

Dicaeum sanguinolentum

[edit] Identification

9 cm. Female - mostly olive-brown with a red rump.

[edit] Distribution

Indonesia.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are four geographical variations:

• Dicaeum s. hanieli - Timor
• Dicaeum s. rhodopygiale - Flores
• Dicaeum s. wilhelminae - Sumba
• Dicaeum s. sanguinolentum - West Java

[edit] Habitat

Moist forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet consists mainly of small figs, polen, nectar and small insects.

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