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This is a very small passerine but a relatively stout flowerpecker, measuring 10 cm (3.9 in) in total length and weighing approximately 9 g (0.32 oz), with a short tail, short thick curved bill and tubular tongue. The latter features reflect the importance of nectar in its diet, although berries, spiders and insects are also taken. The male Legge's flowerpecker has blue-black upperparts, a white throat and upper breast, and yellow lower breast and belly. The female is duller, with olive-brown upperparts.
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About the Legge's Flowerpecker
Legge's flowerpecker , also known as the white-throated flowerpecker, is a small passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae. It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. It is named after the Australian ornithologist William Vincent Legge. This species was formerly placed in the genus Dicaeum.
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Easily confused with
Olive-backed FlowerpeckerPachyglossa olivaceaThe olive-backed flowerpecker is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae.
Thick-billed FlowerpeckerPachyglossa agilisThis species flowerpecker is about 10 cm long and has a dark stout beak and short tail.
Brown-backed FlowerpeckerPachyglossa everettiThe brown-backed flowerpecker is a species of passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae.
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