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Photo by Romy Ocon
Photo taken on Mt. Makiling, Laguna Province, Luzon.
This bird is of the Luzon subspecies - striatissimum, sometimes split as Striped Flowerpecker

Dicaeum agile

Inlcudes: Striped Flowerpecker

[edit] Identification

10cm. Olive-green upperparts, greyish white underparts, streaked on the breast, short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue. The sexes are alike.

[edit] Distribution

Southern Asia from India east to Indonesia and Timor.

[edit] Taxonomy

The three subspecies from the Philippines (affine, striatissimum and aeruginosum) are sometimes split as Striped Flowerpecker, Dicaeum aeruginosum.

[edit] Habitat

Forests, other well-wooded habitats and cultivation.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds a purse-like nest suspended from a tree. 2-4 eggs are laid.

The diet includes nectar, berries, spiders and insects.

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