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Plain Flowerpecker

Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers & Leafbirds

Photo: Lip Kee Yap (Singapore) · CC BY-SA 2.0 (May be cropped or resized)

Dicaeum minullum

Basic stats

Diet

Favours mistletoe for foraging

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests

Range

Central Himalayas, through western Indonesia to Taiwan

Size

9cm

The plain flowerpecker is a tiny bird, 9cm long, found in the central Himalayas, through western Indonesia to Taiwan, with no marked difference between males and females. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and like many flowerpeckers it favours mistletoe for foraging (Wikipedia, general species account).

The subspecies found in north-eastern India, extending into Myanmar, Laos and southern China, called olivaceum by earlier authors, is treated by Pamela C. Rasmussen as a separate species. The source read gives no diet detail beyond mistletoe and no breeding information, so none is stated.

Quick answers

What does the Plain Flowerpecker eat?
Favours mistletoe for foraging
What habitat does the Plain Flowerpecker live in?
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests
Where is the Plain Flowerpecker found?
Central Himalayas, through western Indonesia to Taiwan
How big is the Plain Flowerpecker?
9cm
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