Brown-backed Flowerpecker - BirdForum Opus

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Dicaeum everetti

Photo by James Eaton
Sepilok,Sabah Malaysia, May 2010

Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Malaysia, Borneo, Brunei, Indonesia, Greater Sundas and Sumatra

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

• D. e. everetti :

• Southern Peninsular Malaysia, Riau Archipelago, northern Borneo and Labuan Island

• D. e. bungurense:

• North Natuna Islands

An additional subspecies, sordidum, is not recognised by all authorities^[2].

Habitat

Forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes nectar, berries, spiders and insects.

Breeding

It builds a purse shaped nest which is suspended from a tree. The clutch consists of 2-4 eggs.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. AvianWeb

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Brown-backed Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-backed_Flowerpecker

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