About the Black-sided Flowerpecker
The black-sided flowerpecker, also known as the Bornean flowerpecker, is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo, where it is found in the mountains, primarily above 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in elevation. The species is sexually dimorphic. The male has glossy blue-black upperparts, with a scarlet throat and breast, a dark grey upper belly, olive flanks, a white lower belly, and a buffy vent and undertail coverts. The female is olive-green above and greyish below, with buffy flanks and a whitish throat. It inhabits a range of forest habitats, including primary and secondary montane forest, kerangas forest, and scrub, and is also occasionally found in…
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The black-sided flowerpecker is a very small passerine, measuring a mere 8 cm (3.1 in) in length. Its weight has not been recorded. Like many flowerpeckers, it is sexually dimorphic; the male is considerably more colourful than the female. The male has glossy blue-black upperparts. His face and the sides of his neck are black, his chin is white, and he has a scarlet throat and breast surrounded by a greyish-black border. His upper flanks and upper belly are dark grey, while his lower flanks are olive, and his lower belly white. His vent and undertail coverts are buffy-yellow. Voice: The black-sided flowerpecker has a number of vocalisations, including a high-pitched zit, a high, weak tseeep, a quick tsit-tsit, a slurred tsweet tsweet, and a loud, steady clicking.
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Where the Black-sided Flowerpecker lives
When to see the Black-sided Flowerpecker
Peak activity in July · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Buzzing FlowerpeckerDicaeum hypoleucumThe buzzing flowerpecker or white-bellied flowerpecker is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae.
Pygmy FlowerpeckerDicaeum pygmaeumThe pygmy flowerpecker is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae.
Scarlet-headed FlowerpeckerDicaeum trochileumThe scarlet-headed flowerpecker body length can reach up to eight to nine centimeters after maturity.
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