Black-sided Flowerpecker
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Flowerpeckers

Black-sided Flowerpecker

Dicaeum monticolum

LCLeast Concern Endemic to Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia)
Family
Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The black-sided flowerpecker (Dicaeum monticolum), also known as the Bornean flowerpecker, is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo, where it is found in the mountains, primarily above 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in elevation. The species is sexually dimorphic. The male has glossy blue-black upperparts, with a scarlet throat and breast, a dark grey upper belly, olive flanks, a white lower belly, and a buffy vent and undertail coverts.

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Range and habitat

Montane Borneo.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Continents

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.