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Fire-breasted flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus

Description:

Like other flowerpeckers, this tiny bird feeds on fruits and plays an important role in the dispersal of fruiting plants

Habitat:

Kedarnath wildlife sanctuary

1 Species ID Suggestions

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (ignipectus)
Dicaeum ignipectus ignipectus (Blyth, 1843) Dicaeum ignipectus ignipectus (Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (ignipectus)) - Avibase


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1 Comment

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 2 years ago

Stunning little bird! I have only ever seen the Mistletoebird, which is the only member of the flowerpecker family in Australia and they are quite similar with the red on the chest. Thank you for sharing, PramodCL :)

PramodCL
Spotted by
PramodCL

Green Valley, Uttarakhand, India

Spotted on Aug 27, 2021
Submitted on Aug 27, 2021

Spotted for Mission

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