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Location: Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China

Dicaeum concolor

[edit] Identification

9 cm, short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue. Olive-brown upperparts and greyish white underparts.

[edit] Distribtuion

Southern Asia from India east to Indonesia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Woodland edges, cultivation and isolated stands of trees, often in hilly country.

[edit] Behaviour

2-3 eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree or bush.

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