Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

The male has glossy blue-black upperparts and a buffy underside with a bright red breast patch, from below which a short black stripe runs down the middle to the belly, with olive sides and a pale-based bill; the female is dull coloured (Wikipedia, general species account).

Like other flowerpeckers this tiny bird feeds on fruits and plays an important role in dispersing fruiting plants. It has a shrill call, likened to snipping scissors, and a staccato tsit. In Nainital it is said to breed in June and July, in a pendant, purse-like nest opening at the side near the top, thin and felt-like, made from the hairy coverings of mistletoe stems and lined with moss and soft grass. Two or three eggs are laid and both sexes incubate and care for the young (Wikipedia, general species account).