Black-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum monticolum)

Family
Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Size
8 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1887

Habitat
Primary and secondary hill to upper montane forest, kerangas, rural gardens. From 460 - 2,540 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Malaysia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Small fruits, seeds, nectar and invertebrates.

Voice
A high-pitched, metallic 'zit'. Also a rapid 'tsit-tsit' and a slurred 'tsweet-tsweet'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Black-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum monticolum) [XC167226]
by Mike Nelson from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)

Black-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum monticolum) [XC359686]
by Peter Boesman from Area around Rafflesia Centre, Crocker Range, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)

Nest
Composed of moss, lined with tree-fern fibers and decorated with lichen.

Eggs (Guide)
3.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Female with female Plain Flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor) which has less white on the throat.

References
See References.

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