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Photo taken: Khao Yai NP, Thailand.

Dicaeum chrysorrheum

[edit] Identification

10cm. Bright green upperparts, black streaks on white underparts, thin, dark eye stripe and thin white lores.

[edit] Distribution

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized: chrysorrheum and chrysochlore.

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes berries of mistletoes, figs, nectar, and insects.

Both sexes build a well-hidden nest. 2-3 white eggs are laid April–August and are incubated by both parents.

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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