Pale-Billed Flowerpecker (ID by Ashik Musicroom)......Adyar, Mangalore, Karnataka, India 3rd July 14. ಬದನಿಕೆ ಹಕ್ಕಿ (Badanike Hakki in Kannada Language....courtsey from the book, Birds of South Coastal Karnataka) The Pale-billed flowerpecker or Tickells flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) is a tiny bird that feeds on nectar and berries, found in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The bird is common especially in urban gardens with berry bearing trees. They have a rapid chipping call and the pinkish curved beak separates it from other species in the region. This is a tiny bird, 8 cm long, and is one of the smallest birds occurring in most parts of southern India and Sri Lanka. The bird is plain brownish to olive green. The underside is buff olive and does not contrast greatly with the upperparts and not whitish as in the Nilgiri flowerpecker of the Western Ghats and Nilgiri hills nor is it streaked as in the thick-billed flowerpecker. The Nilgiri flowerpecker has a pale supercilium unlike this species which has no marking on the head. The Sri Lankan race ceylonense Babault, 1920 - is greyer and smaller than the nominate race of peninsular India.It has been considered one of the early flowerpeckers, originating in the Malay Peninsula, to colonize the Indian Subcontinent. Source : Wikipedia
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