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Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China

Dicaeum minullum

[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 eastern India east to Indonesia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• D. m. olivaceum:

• Indian subcontinent, China, Burma, Thailand and northern peninsula Malaysia

• D. m. minullum:

• Hainan Island (southern China)

• D. m. uchidai:

• Montane forests of Taiwan

• D. m. borneanum:

• Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and North Natuna Island

• D. m. sollicitans:

• Java and Bali

It was formerly considerd conspecific with Nilgiri Flowerpecker and Andaman Flowerpecker. All three together were known as Plain Flowerpecker, Dicaeum concolor.

[edit] Habitat

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

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

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

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

• List of references

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