Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker and Mistletoe version 2015

If you find a Mistletoe and wait long enough, you will find this bird

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - male

Flowerpecker and Sunbird like to feed on nectar of a  mistletoe plant. I also saw them also eat the mistletoe fruits

Burung dan Dedalu - a Birds and a Mistletoe Plant

Three bird species feeding on a nectar of Malayan mistletoe (Dendrophthoe pentandra) at my backyard

(1) Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malaccensis) at a Mistletoe (male above and female below)

Two more species below:-

One hour before IFTAR

I went to my usual birding spot one hour before iftar (breaking the fast), and this is what I got. All common birds on the Raub Golf Course.

Crested Mynas in flight

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - male singing

Yellow-bellied Prinia

Yellow-vented Bulbuls at on Siam Weed (Chromolaena odorata).

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - male

Sepah Puteri Merah (Dicaeum cruentatum) - Preening

Location: My backyard, Raub, Pahang.

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Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - male

The same species photographed in Feb. 2010

Brown-throated Sunbird - female

Yellow-vented Bulbul and Black-headed Bulbul

Location: Padang Golf Raub, Pahang.

Flowerpecker and Oriole - SkyWatch Friday

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Ferrari Caps Flowerpecker

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum ignitum) - male

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker at Mistletoe

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) - female

Flowerpecker

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Male

Female - pic by: Wai Yien Chu

Female - Juvenile

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Rainbow Princess - Puteri Pelangi - Flowerpecker

Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus percussus) - Male

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Juvenile Flowerpecker

Juvenile bird is always difficult to ID.

? Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) - juvenile
Could be:  Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - immature female

EDIT: 14/11/2015 -  Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - immature female

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Flowerpecker

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) ~ Adult Male

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.

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) - male

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Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker and Mistletoe

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) ~ female