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Black-sided Flowerpecker

Sunbirds, Spiderhunters & Flowerpeckers

Dicaeum monticolum

Also known as: Bornean Flowerpecker

Basic stats

Diet

Small fruit, nectar

Habitat

Hill and montane forest

Range

Endemic to Borneo

Clutch size

2 eggs (typical for flowerpeckers)

Incubation period

About 12 days (typical for flowerpeckers)

Size

Tiny (8–9cm)

Wingspan

~12–14cm

Weight

~6–8g

A Bornean-endemic flowerpecker, small and relatively plain compared to some of the island's more colourful flowerpeckers, found in hill and montane forest.

Feeds on small fruit and nectar, generally in the canopy and forest edge at higher elevations than several lowland flowerpecker species.

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