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ForestDomed nestTiny · 9 g
What the Mistletoebird sounds like
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The mistletoebird is small, 9–10 cm (3.5–3.9 in) long and 7.5–11 g (0.26–0.39 oz) weight. The male is glossy blue-black above, with a red chest and a slight red under-tail, and a black centre stripe running down its white belly. The female is dark grey above, with a white throat, light grey underparts, and just a touch of pinkish-red under the tail. The eyes, bill, and legs are black; the bill is just over a centimetre long, slender, slightly down-curved and sharply pointed. Immature birds are similar to the female, but have an orange-pink bill instead of black.
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When to see the Mistletoebird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Mistletoebird
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Mistletoebird
The mistletoebird, also known as the mistletoe flowerpecker, is a species of flowerpecker native to most of Australia and also to the eastern Maluku Islands of Indonesia in the Arafura Sea between Australia and New Guinea. The mistletoebird eats mainly the berries of the parasitic mistletoe and is a vector for the spread of the mistletoe's seeds through its digestive system.
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Easily confused with
Pale-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrorhynchosThis is a tiny bird, 8 cm long, and is one of the smallest birds occurring in most parts of southern India and Sri Lanka.
Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatumMeasuring 9 cm (3.5 in) and weighing 7 to 8 grams (0.25 to 0.28 oz), the scarlet-backed flowerpecker is a small bird with a short tail.
Nilgiri FlowerpeckerDicaeum concolorThese birds are tiny (9 cm long) and there is no marked difference between the males and females.
Side by side: Mistletoebird vs Pale-billed Flowerpecker · Mistletoebird vs Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker · Mistletoebird vs Nilgiri Flowerpecker
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