RED-CAPPED FLOWERPECKER

Photographed on Boigu Island, Torres Straits, March 2018.

1245                    RED-CAPPED FLOWERPECKER                  Dicaeum geelvinkianum

AUSTRALIA                   740

Also known as Papuan Flowerpecker; recently split from Olive-crowned Flowerpecker. Endemic to New Guinea and adjacent islands; in Australia found on Saibai and Boigu. Found in woodlands, including secondary growth and mangroves. Eats small fruits, especially mistletoe, insects and spiders.

FIRE-BREASTED FLOWERPECKER

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017

1166            FIRE-BREASTED FLOWERPECKER             Dicaeum ignipectus 

MALAYSIA            80

Found in broadleafed evergreen forests and secondary regrowth; 450 - 2,565 m. 8-9 cm. Common resident in SE Asia except SW Myanmar, C Thailand and Cochinchina.

LEGGE'S FLOWERPECKER

March 2017

1094             LEGGE'S FLOWERPECKER                  Dicaeum vincens

SRI LANKA          109

Endemic. Found in forests and adjoining woodland areas. 10 cm. Uncommon and local in wet lowlands and up to adjoining mid hills, rarely higher.

PALE-BILLED FLOWERPECKER

Photographed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 2017

1053             PALE-BILLED FLOWERPECKER                       Dicaeum erythrorhynchos

SRI LANKA                  2

Subspecies ceylonense. Found in areas with tall trees. 8 cm. fairly common breeding resident throughout.

SCARLET-BACKED FLOWERPECKER

Photographed in Singapore (Sungei Buloh Wetlands) November 2016

926                  SCARLET-BACKED FLOWERPECKER              Dicaeum cruentatum

SINGAPORE  (Sungei Buloh Wetlands)             (80)

Common flowerpecker found in secondary forest, old plantations, mangroves, parkland, urban green spaces and wooded road dividers. 9 cm. Distribution: Himalayan foothills, NE India, SE China, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo

Note: over-exposed and barely a recording photograph, I hope to replace this soon.

ORANGE-BELLIED FLOWERPECKER

Subspecies trigonostigma photographed in Singapore November 2016

887                  ORANGE-BELLIED FLOWERPECKER              Dictum trigonostigma

SINGAPORE               (22)

Found in primary and secondary forests, adjacent scrubs and parkland. 9 cm. Distribution: NE India, S Bungladesh, Myanmar, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas, Philippines.

SCARLET-HEADED FLOWERPECKER

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016

(820)                 SCARLET-HEADED FLOWERPECKER                    Dictum trochileum

INDONESIA (Bali)         (21)        

Found along forest edges and in wooded cultivation and gardens; mainly coastal lowlands, inland to 600 m elevation. 8 cm. Indonesian endemic: fairly common resident on Java, Bali and smaller nearby islands; uncommon in Lombok, Kalimantan, and se Sumatra.

MISTLETOEBIRD

25         MISTLETOEBIRD               Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Australia    (25)

Also called Mistletoe Flowerpecker. It is 9.5-11 cms. Found over most of mainland Australia except bottom half of the eastern part of Western Australia and an area where the borders of SA/NT and Queensland meet. Found in any habitat which supports mistletoe. Deposits sticky, excreted mistletoe seeds on leaves and branches.