- Flame-breasted Flowerpecker
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Flame-breasted Flowerpecker Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Dicaeidae Genus: Dicaeum Species: D. erythrothorax Binomial name Dicaeum erythrothorax
Lesson, 1828The Flame-breasted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax) is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The nominate subspecies D. e. erythrothorax is restricted to Buru. The other subspecies D. e. schistaceiceps is found on Halmahera and nearby islands and is sometimes regarded as a separate species, the Halmahera Flowerpecker.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Dicaeum erythrothorax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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