Yellow-sided Flowerpecker

Yellow-sided FlowerpeckerThis tiny flowerpecker occurs on Sulawesi and nearby islands. Its olive-green upperparts and diet of fruit and pollen are notable.What color differences show on its back and crown?About 8.5 cm long, it has bright olive-green upperparts, a paler crown, a green rump, dark wings and tail, and gray ear-coverts. The sexes are similar.What does it eat besides fruit and pollen?This tiny flowerpecker occurs on Sulawesi and nearby islands. Its olive-green upperparts and diet of fruit and pollen are notable.It feeds on small figs, mistletoe berries, and pollen, as well as spiders and small insects.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.