Pale-billed Flowerpecker

Latin Name: 
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
Category: 
Size: 
8cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Olive-brown above; unmarked greywhite below; pinkish-flesh and yellow-brown beak seen only at close range or in good light. Solitary or two to three birds in canopy; frequents parasitic Loranthus and Viscum; flits from clump to clump; strictly arboreal, restless; territorial even when feeding.

Habitat: 
Light forests, groves.
Distribution: 
From Kangra east along foothills to NE India; peninsular India south of a line from W Gujarat to S Bihar.
Call: 
Call Description: 
Sharp, loud chik…chik;
National Status: