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Fire-breasted
Flowerpiercer Dicaeum
ignipectus |
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Shemgang, Bhutan The Fire-breasted Flowerpiercer is distributed throughout much of south-east Asia from the foothills of the Himalayas through central China to Indochina and south to Indonesia and the Philippines. |
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It is found in forest and woodland often being
associated with rhododendrons and is normally between 500 and 3000
metres. It is a very small bird at about 9 cm. The male, seen here in photos 1 and 2 has blue-green upperparts with black wings, a pale buffy throat, a red breast band and buffy belly. |
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The female, seen here
in photos 3, 4 and 5, has olive-green upperparts and buffy underparts. It
feeds on nectar, fruit, berries and insects. There are recordings on xeno-canto. |
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