Flame-crowned Flowerpecker

Here is a Flame-crowned Flowerpecker, one of the endemic flowerpeckers of the Philippines (check related story here). This is strictly a montane species occurring only in mossy forests in mountains above 800 meters. This is from the subspecies anthonyi ranging only in Northern Luzon. The other subspecies of Flame-crowned Flowerpecker has no yellowish breast and flanks and can be found in the high-elevation mountains of Mindanao. Flowerpeckers are mostly fruit and flower eaters and they are one of the best dispersal agents for semi-parasitic mistletoes (yes, we have mistletoes in the Philippines! Check out related stories here) This is a video clip from Mt. Polis, Mountain Province, the Cordilleras, Northern Luzon, Philippines. You can hear the calls of a Mountain Tailorbird in the background. 🙂 Flame-crowned Flowerpecker, Dicaeum anthonyi Mt. Polis, Mountain Province, Luzon, Philippines