White-throated Flowerpecker

Legge's Flowerpecker is a common resident breeding bird of forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens. Two eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree.

The White-throated Flowerpecker is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

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The White-throated Flowerpecker is a common resident breeding bird of forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens. Two eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree. This is a very small, stout flowerpecker, 10cm in length, 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. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Dicaeidae
Genus : Dicaeum
Species : vincens
Authority : (Sclater, 1872)