The smallest flowerpecker bird in the Philippines

smallest flowerpecker bird in the philippines
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The smallest flowerpecker bird in the Philippines

The Philippines is home to a number of flowerpeckers, small, stout passerine birds, with short thick decurved bills designed for eating small fruits as well as to sip nectar from flowers.

Pygmy Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pygmaeum), the smallest flowerpecker in the Philippines. It is characterized by its very thin bill, narrow white throat and can be found all throughout the Philippines except in the island of Panay.

They are really small and very active birds. They are one of the primary seed dispersal agents for small berries as well as mistletoes, parasitic plants that grow on the crowns of other plant species and depend on birds for propagation.

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