Plain flowerpecker
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Dicaeum minullum

The plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum ) is a bird in the family Dicaeidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. It is found in the central Himalayas, through western Indonesia to Taiwan.

Appearance

These birds are tiny (9 cm long) and there is no marked difference between the males and females. The subspecies found in northeastern India, extending into Myanmar, Laos and southern China is called olivaceum by earlier authors but is treated by Pamela C. Rasmussen as a separate species Dicaeum minullum (which includes the population minullum from Hainan Island and is now termed as the plain flowerpecker in the more restricted sense).

Habits and Lifestyle

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Like many flowerpeckers, it favours mistletoe for foraging.

Lifestyle
Seasonal behavior
Bird's call

References

1. Plain flowerpecker Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_flowerpecker
2. Plain flowerpecker on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103776140/104321538
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/706158

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