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'''Alternative name: White-throated Flowerpecker''' | '''Alternative name: White-throated Flowerpecker''' | ||
| + | [[Image:Legge s Flowerpecker 3.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Mark Harper by {{user|Mark+Harper|Mark Harper}}<br />[[Sinharaja]], [[Sri Lanka]], 18 November 2019]] | ||
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;[[:Category:Dicaeum|Dicaeum]] vincens | ;[[:Category:Dicaeum|Dicaeum]] vincens | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 10cm. Short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue, blue-black upperparts, white throat and upper breast, yellow lower breast and belly. The female is duller, with olive-brown upperparts. | + | 10cm. <br /> |
| + | Short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue, blue-black upperparts, white throat and upper breast, yellow lower breast and belly. The female is duller, with olive-brown upperparts. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Sri Lanka]]. | + | South-western [[Sri Lanka]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens. | forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
Two eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree. | Two eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree. | ||
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The diet includes nectar, berries, spiders and insects. | The diet includes nectar, berries, spiders and insects. | ||
| − | + | ==References== | |
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}} | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Dicaeum+vincens}} | {{GSearch|Dicaeum+vincens}} | ||
Latest revision as of 14:47, 1 December 2019
Alternative name: White-throated Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum vincens
Identification
10cm.
Short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue, blue-black upperparts, white throat and upper breast, yellow lower breast and belly. The female is duller, with olive-brown upperparts.
Distribution
South-western Sri Lanka.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens.
Behaviour
Breeding
Two eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree.
Diet
The diet includes nectar, berries, spiders and insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Legge's Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Legge%27s_Flowerpecker
