Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Pale-billed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée à bec rouge German: Blassschnabel-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores piquirrojo
Taxonomy:
Certhia erythrorhynchos
Latham
, 1790,Bombay, India
.Subspecies and Distribution
D. e. erythrorhynchos
(Latham, 1790) – India, S Nepal, extreme W Bhutan, Bangladesh and W & C Myanmar.
D. e. ceylonense
Babault, 1920 – Sri Lanka.
Descriptive notes
8 cm; 4–8 g. Plain-looking flowerpecker with markedly downcurved pale bill. Nominate race is plain greyish-brown or olive-brown above, remiges dark brown with pale... read more
Voice
High-pitched, repeated “pit”, and incessant sharp “chik-chik-chik”. Two... read more
Habitat
Deciduous forest, mangroves, cultivation, plantations and orchards, and fig trees (Ficus)... read more
Food and feeding
Mainly fruits of mistletoes; also nectar, spiders (Araneae) and small insects. Forages mostly in canopy. Forages singly and in pairs; also... read more
Breeding
Egg-laying in Jan–Jun in N India and Nepal and Feb–May, Aug and Sept in S India; Jan–Jul (peak in Mar), Sept and Nov in... read more
Movements
Seasonal altitudinal movements in Himalayas.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Widespread and locally abundant in India; widespread and frequent in Nepal; common in Bangladesh; common at all altitudes in Sri Lanka; not uncommon... read more
Two subspecies recognized.