Abundance: 0.09 to 20.00% (median 3.64%)

Latitudinal range: -19.0° to 21.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (16)

Found in 18 samples

Australia: Paluma Range

India: Wangasara (Forest A)

Indonesia: Linggoasri (selectively logged), Linggoasri (secondary 1), Linggoasri (secondary 2), Linggoasri (pine plantation), Larut Matang District (secondary forest), Palolo Valley (forest garden, 2000 and 2001)

Malaysia: Kuala Keniam, Gombak Field Station, Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (recently logged forest), PPB Oil Palms Berhad (oil palm plantation)

Papua New Guinea: Crater Mountain Biological Research Station

Philippines: Panicuason Central Nursery, Mt Camagong

Thailand: Wat Phai Lom (1969), Wat Phai Lom (1970)

Vietnam: Tam Dao National Park

See also Dicaeum aureolimbatum, Dicaeum australe, Dicaeum celebicum, Dicaeum chrysorrheum, Dicaeum concolor, Dicaeum cruentatum, Dicaeum erythrorhynchos, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, Dicaeum hypoleucum, Dicaeum maculatus, Dicaeum pectorale, Dicaeum percussus, Dicaeum trichonostigma, Dicaeum trigonostigma