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The Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) is a bird found in India and Sri Lanka. Gardens and woods across India and Sri Lanka. It eats nectar, fruit and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Pale-billed flowerpecker lives

Gardens and woods across India and Sri Lanka.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌸 Nectar60%
• 🍎 Fruit30%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Pale-billed flowerpecker

Recorded by Sathyan Meppayur (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC741595. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Pale-billed flowerpecker

Where does the Pale-billed flowerpecker live?

The Pale-billed flowerpecker lives in India and Sri Lanka. Gardens and woods across India and Sri Lanka.

What does the Pale-billed flowerpecker eat?

nectar (about 60%), fruit (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Pale-billed flowerpecker endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Asia

• Swinhoe's white-eye
• Long-tailed shrike
• Cinereous tit
• Oriental turtle dove
• Jungle babbler
• Indian robin

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.