Burung berukuran kecil (10 cm) ini memiliki warna berbeda antara
jantan dan betina. Si jantan tubuh bagian bawah kuning terang dengan
dagu dan dada hitam-ungu metalik sedangkan punggung berwarna hijau
zaitun. Si betina, pada tubuh bagian bawah kuning tanpa warna hitam pada
dagu dan dada sedangkan alis biasanya berwarna kuning muda.
Warna iris coklat tua, paruh hitam, kaki hitam, burung ini dikenal
ribut dan hidup dalam kelompok kecil, berpindah-pindah dari satu pohon
atau semak ke yang lain. Jantan kadang berkejaran mondar mandir dengan
galak.
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Makananan burung ini adalah nektar benalu, mengkudu, pepaya, dadap,
serangga kecil dan laba-laba. Sedangkan sarang berbentuk kantung, dari
rumput terjalin dengan kapas alang-alang, pada dahan yang rendah. Dengan
telur berwarna keputih-putihan, berbintik abu-abu putih, jumlah 2
butir, burung ini berbiak sepanjang tahun.
Habitat burung ini adalah pekarangan, semak pantai, hutan mangrove
dengan penyebaran mulai dari Cina, Asia Tenggara, Semenanjung Malaysia,
Filipina, Australia, Sumatera, Kalimantan, Jawa, Bali, Sulawesi, Maluku
sampai Papua. Sedangkan penyebaran lokal dijumpai hampir di semua
tempat, khususnya kawasan lahan basah, termasuk dekat pantai, kebun,
tegal, daerah suburban.
English Version
Scaly-breasted Flowerpecker (Nectarinia jugularis)
Birds are small ( 10 cm ) has a different color between males and females . The bottom part of the male body with a bright yellow chin and chest while the black - purple metallic olive green backs . The females , on the lower body color yellow without any black on the
chin and chest while the eyebrows are usually bright yellow .
Iris color dark brown, black beak , black legs , this bird is known noisier and live in small groups , moving from one tree or bush to another . Males sometimes chasing each other back and forth with a grumpy .
Please Read : Pelargopsis capensis | Stork-billed kingfisher | Leuser Ecosystem
This bird is a nectar eat, shop and parasites , noni , papaya , dadap , small insects and spiders . While nest -shaped bag , from cotton grass interwoven with reeds , on a low branch . With whitish eggs , speckled gray and white , item number 2 , these birds breed throughout the year .
This is a yard bird habitats , coastal scrub , mangrove forests with the spread ranging from China , Southeast Asia , Peninsular Malaysia , the Philippines , Australia , Sumatra , Borneo , Java , Bali , Sulawesi , Maluku to Papua . While local spread found almost everywhere , especially wetland areas , including near the beach , garden , dost , suburban area .
Iris color dark brown, black beak , black legs , this bird is known noisier and live in small groups , moving from one tree or bush to another . Males sometimes chasing each other back and forth with a grumpy .
Please Read : Pelargopsis capensis | Stork-billed kingfisher | Leuser Ecosystem
This bird is a nectar eat, shop and parasites , noni , papaya , dadap , small insects and spiders . While nest -shaped bag , from cotton grass interwoven with reeds , on a low branch . With whitish eggs , speckled gray and white , item number 2 , these birds breed throughout the year .
This is a yard bird habitats , coastal scrub , mangrove forests with the spread ranging from China , Southeast Asia , Peninsular Malaysia , the Philippines , Australia , Sumatra , Borneo , Java , Bali , Sulawesi , Maluku to Papua . While local spread found almost everywhere , especially wetland areas , including near the beach , garden , dost , suburban area .
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