Bicolored flowerpecker facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Bicolored flowerpecker |
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| Bicolored Flowerpecker (inexpectatum subspecies) feeding of figs in Quezon. | |
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Dicaeum
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bicolor
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The bicolored flowerpecker (Dicaeum bicolor) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Habitat
Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest and more rarely on tropical moist montane forests of up to 2,250 meters above sea level. They often form mixed flocks with other flowerpecker species, white-eyes, sunbirds, fantails and other small forest birds.
Description
Small, short thick bill, sexes differ, in inexpectatum male upperparts glossy blue black; throat, center of breast, belly, and under tail coverts white; sides and flanks light grey; pectoral tufts white. female upperparts olive green; underparts light olive grey; center of breast and belly yellowish white; pectoral tufts yellow white.
This consists of three subspecies
- D. b. bicolor: Leyte, Samar, Mindanao and Bohol
- D. b. inexpectatum Luzon, Mindoro and Catanduanes
- D. b. viridissimum: Panay, Negros and Guimaras (extinct)
