Thick-billed Flowerpecker

How to identify

Field marks

1. Bill dark and thick; tail short
2. Upperparts dark gray-brown
3. Small white patches at the tips of the tail feathers
4. Iris tinged red

Male, female and young

Sexes difficult to distinguish in the field; juvenile has a paler base to the lower mandible and fewer stripes on the underparts.

Voice

Often gives a “spick” while foraging.

Where and when it's recorded

Thick-billed Flowerpecker has been recorded at 347 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 16 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Bondla Wildlife SanctuaryIndia381 records
2. Rishi Valley – School CampusIndia273 records
3. Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia229 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaThailandSri LankaPhilippinesVietnamMalaysiaCambodiaChina

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The thick-billed flowerpecker (Pachyglossa agilis) is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker group. They feed predominantly on fruits and are active birds that are mainly seen in the tops of trees in forests. It is a resident bird with a wide distribution across tropical southern Asia from India east to Indonesia and Timor with several populations recognized as subspecies some of which are sometimes treated as full species.

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