Common Name: Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
Scientific Name: Dicaeum ignipectus
Nepali Name: Agnivachya Pushpakokil ( अग्निवक्ष पुष्पकोकिल )
Size: 9 cm
Location: Nallu, Lalitpur
Found in elevation ranging from 1830 m above sea level to 2700m, these tiny songbirds can be spotted in and around forests and secondary growths.
The male Fire-breasted Flowerpecker has dark metallic blue-green upperparts. The underside is buffy creamy white with a scarlet breast patch and below it is a black strip which goes down to the belly. The female have a olive-green upperpart with the underside being yellow on the rump.
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