Dec 31
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Pale billed flower pecker, Bangalore

This is also called as Tickell’s flowerpecker. One of the tiniest birds in India that feeds primarily on Nectar and berries found in south India and Srilanka. I have seen this bird frequent the singapore cherry tree frequently and the berry is mostly consumed as a whole.
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Dec 31
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Thick Billed flower pecker, Bangalore

This species flowerpecker is about 10 cm long (slightly bigger than pale billed flowerpecker) and has a dark stout beak and short tail. They are dark grey brown above and dull greyish with diffuse streaking on light buffy underparts. Like other flowerpeckers they feed mainly on berries, nectar but sometimes eat insects too. This is classified as least concern bu IUCN.
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Dec 31
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pale and thick billed flower peckers

For comparison – Pale-billed flowerpecker and Thick-billed flowerpecker in the same perch. Pale billed is to the left and the thick billed is to the right of the frame.
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Aug 21
by Admin in Bangalore 0 comments tags: Alwan, Another tiny bird from the flower pecker group. They are very active birds always hoping from one tree to another feeding on fruits. They are bi, art, Avian, Bangalore, Bird, couple, Flower, flowerpecker, Nikon, Nikon D750, pecker, Tamron, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD, thick billed, thick billed flower pecker, wings

Thick-billed Flowerpecker

Another tiny bird from the flower pecker group. They are very active birds always hoping from one tree to another feeding on fruits. They are birds from the well wooded country, and are another set of small birds about 10cm in length. They apart from the fruits and berries also like to eat spiders and insects occasionally. They are classified as least concern in the IUCN red list. Mostly seen solitary in the canopy and occasionally as a pair.
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Aug 21
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Thick billed flower pecker

Another tiny bird from the flower pecker group. They are very active birds always hoping from one tree to another feeding on fruits. They are birds from the well wooded country, and are another set of small birds about 10cm in length. They apart from the fruits and berries also like to eat spiders and insects occasionally. They are classified as least concern in the IUCN red list. Mostly seen solitary in the canopy and occasionally as a pair.
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