Thick-billed flowerpecker

Thick-billed flowerpecker
D. a. modestum from Kaeng Krachan, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Calls of D. a. agile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species:
D. agile
Binomial name
Dicaeum agile
(Tickell, 1833)
Synonyms

Piprisoma squalidum

The thick-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile) is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker group. They feed predominantly on fruits and are active birds that are mainly seen in the tops of trees in forests. It is a resident bird with a wide distribution across tropical southern Asia from India east to Indonesia and Timor with several populations recognized as subspecies some of which are sometimes treated as full species.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Dicaeum agile". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T105991992A111181409. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T105991992A111181409.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.