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- Dicaeum dayakorum
Identification
All grey and white.
Distribution
Northeastern Borneo (Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia; Brunei; Kalimantan, Indonesia).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This is a newly described species (2019).
Habitat
Assumed to belong to lowlands and probably mostly occurring in forest canopy.
Behaviour
May be closely connected with Viscum mistletoe, but some evidence for other berries and invertebrates eaten as well.
Vocalisation
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Kirwan, G. M. (2021). Spectacled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum dayakorum), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (G. M. Kirwan, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.speflo1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spectacled Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spectacled_Flowerpecker
