Prakruti Parichay
DicaeidaeDicaeum

lain Aowerpecker

Dicaeum minutum

8.5–8.5 cmVery Small
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Cand E Himalayan foothills. hills of NE India and Bangladesh. From Pala-billed by fine dark bill!with paler base to lower mandible). Has olive-green upperparts and edges to flight feathers a nddusky greyish-olive underparts with yellow on throat and belly, which are further differences from Pale-billed; juvenile has browner upperparts and greyish-white underparts. igh, thin and repeated tsit tsittsit-si-si-si-si. Calls include a rapid, very dry, thin, high-pitched ticking. Edges and clearings of broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest, also groves and plantations. Very fond of mistletoe berries.

Colour

OliveGreyGreenYellow
Average size
8.5 cm
Behaviour
Resident., igh, thin and repeated tsit tsittsit-si-si-si-si. Calls include a rapid, very dry, thin, high-pitched ticking. Edges and clearings of broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest, also groves and plantations. Very fond of mistletoe berries.

About this bird

Resident. Cand E Himalayan foothills. hills of NE India and Bangladesh. From Pala-billed by fine dark bill!with paler base to lower mandible). Has olive-green upperparts and edges to flight feathers a nddusky greyish-olive underparts with yellow on throat and belly, which are further differences from Pale-billed; juvenile has browner upperparts and greyish-white underparts. igh, thin and repeated tsit tsittsit-si-si-si-si. Calls include a rapid, very dry, thin, high-pitched ticking. Edges and clearings of broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest, also groves and plantations. Very fond of mistletoe berries.

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lain Aowerpecker is bigger than Pale-billed Rowerpecker but smaller than Ashy-throated Warbler.

This bird

lain Aowerpecker

Dicaeum minutum

8.5–8.5 cm