Common Name: Sri Lanka Flowerpecker
Scientific Name: Dicaeum vincens
Animal Family: Dicaeidae
Description: This is a very small passerine but a relatively stout flowerpecker, measuring 10 cm (3.9 in) in total length and weighing approximately 9 g ( 0.32 oz.). The male flowerpecker has blue-black upperparts, a white throat and upper breast, and yellow lower breast and belly. The female is duller, with olive-brown upperparts.
Found where: Bodhinagala rainforest, Kithulgala rainforest, Gilimale , Morapitiya, and Sinharaja rainforests are the best places to see this birds.
Habitat: The flowerpecker live in a wide variety of wooded and open habitats near forest edges, including dry woodlands, deciduous forests, riparian habitats, and tropical forests from sea level to 3700m.
Foods: Nectar forms part of the diet, although they also take berries, spiders, and insects.
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