02 August 2009

Flowerpecker and Straits Rhododendron - Sepah Putri dan Senduduk

This is the typical food of Flowerpecker - foraging on Senduduk (Melastoma malabathricum)
I saw this at the old logging trail, very much similar to what's described in Morten Strange & Allen Jeyarjasingan's book.
FlowerPecker
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) - male
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