- Dicaeum monticolum
Identification
8 cm (3¼ in)
Male
- Black face
- Shiny bluis-back crown and upperparts
- Sooty-black malar and sides of neck
- White chin
- Scarlet throat and breast
Distribution
Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Malaysia, Island of Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Montane rainforests, heath forests and dipterocarp forests. Also more scrubby areas at heights around 460–2540 m.
Behaviour
A tiny active bird, mainly found among the canopy of trees
Diet
The diet includes berries, particularly the fruits of the Melastoma plants along the forest edges.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-sided Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-sided_Flowerpecker
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
