Black-sided Flowerpecker vs Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker

Black-sided Flowerpecker

Dicaeum monticolum

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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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Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker

Dicaeum trochileum

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The scarlet-headed flowerpecker body length can reach up to eight to nine centimeters after maturity. The red to orange upper body of the males is the main characteristic that distinguishes them from the females. Their red plumage covers their head, their back, their rump and their throat. Their wings are black with blue pigmentation. Their legs are black, and their beak is grey. The tip of their tail is black. The females have a light grey to brown head and back. Their orange to red rumps characterize the females' morphology. Voice: The scarlet-headed flowerpecker can be easily recognized by its call. It makes high and acute short notes. Its vocals are either a "zit-zit-zit" sound or "seeeeep…seeeeep". Every pitch last from two to three and a half seconds.

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