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Red-keeled Flowerpecker

Dicaeum australe

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Field Notes

Description:

Common endemic. Scarlet keel of adult is unmistakable. Frequents flowering and fruiting trees, singly, ingroups and in mixed flocks.

Habitat:

spotted on a Sinigwelas (spanish plum) tree on a remote area in the city (Brgy. Conde Itaas, Batangas City) located on a mountain with a very few human residents.

Notes:

seen on forests, edge and open country near forests

Reference Links:

Red-keeled Flowerpecker | Bird Gallery | Birdwatch.ph

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Comments (3)
FranzKiernanBuenaflor
thanks! :) cute, isn't it? that bird, being a flowerpecker is very small compared to this dove, Luzon bleeding heart, who has a similar red patch in the breast. A real beauty, too! :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzon_Bleeding-heart

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PublishedMay 28, 2014

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