Thick-Billed Flowerpecker is an Indian bird that bears a scientific name of "Dicaeum agile". This is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker group.

Feeding of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
Thick-Billed Flowerpecker feeds predominantly on fruits and the active birds are mainly seen on top of trees in forests.

Concentration of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
Thick-Billed Flowerpecker 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.

Structure of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
Thick-Billed Flowerpecker is about 10 cm long and has a dark stout beak and short tail. They are dark grey brown above and dull greyish with diffuse streaking on light buffy under parts. The rump is slightly more olive in the nominate race.

Bill of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
The bill of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker is dark, somewhat stout and heavy and the iris is reddish.

Sexes of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
The sexes of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker are not distinguishable in the field and the juvenile has a paler base to the mandible and less streaks on the underside.

Feathers of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
There are whitish spots at the tip of the tail feathers. The nominate race is found on the plains of the mainland of the Indian States.

Forage of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
The foraging Thick-Billed Flowerpecker produces a spick call frequently and the tail is jerked from side to side when perched. When displaying the male twitters and flutters over the female.

Songs of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
The song of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker is rambling and is mixed with notes that resemble that of the ashy prinia.

Feathers of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
The feathers of the crown of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker are erected in display and the white bases of the feathers become visible as a crown stripe.

Nests of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
The nest has been described as appearing camouflaged like a dry leaf. It is a pendant purse like structure made of cobwebs or fine plant fibres and is located from 3 to 15 metres high suspended from a thin horizontal branch. It is said to frequently nest among the nests of Oecophylla smaragdina ants.

Breeding Season of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
The breeding season of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker in southern part of India is from December to March. Both male and female participate in nest building.

Eggs of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
The usual clutch of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker is about 3 eggs but can vary from 2 to 4.

Incubation of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
The incubation period of Thick-Billed Flowerpecker is around 13 days and the chick takes around 18 days to fledge.