Fire-breasted Flowerpecker vs Nilgiri Flowerpecker

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus

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The fire-breasted flowerpecker is a small flowerpecker with a small and dark bill. The male has glossy blue-black upperparts. The underside is buffy but a bright red breast patch. Starting below it and along the middle is a short black stripe going down till the belly. The female is dark olive above and buff below. The sides are olive and the bill has a pale base. Weighing just 7–9 g (0.25–0.32 oz) and measuring under 7 cm (2.8 in) long, it is one of the smallest flowerpeckers. They are usually found at the tops of the trees especially on mistletoes.

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Nilgiri Flowerpecker

Dicaeum concolor

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These birds are tiny (9 cm long) and there is no marked difference between the males and females. It is found in hill forests of the Western Ghats and Nilgiri hills of southern India. It is pale brown on the upperside and the underside is whitish. The whitish brow in front of the eye is wider than in Dicaeum erythrorhynchos. This subspecies has been raised to full species by Pamela Rasmussen.

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Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Fire-breasted Flowerpecker and Nilgiri Flowerpecker.