Calvin Chang a.k.a. deswitch documented a male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) feasting on the fruits of Pipturus argenteus (Family Urticaceae) around the Dairyfarm area in Singapore in November 2009.
An earlier post shows an Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) eating the same fruits. This is an introduced weedy plant of wastelands.
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It is very noticeable how this flowerpecker likes really soft fruits: mistletoes, Pipturus, Muntingia, Melastoma.