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flowerpecker - Species

A name applied loosely to many small woodland birds of the family Dicaeidae; more precisely, the 41 species of the genera Prionochilus and Dicaeum; found from India to Australia; tongue tube-like; eats nectar and berries, especially mistletoe.

iFlowerpeckers

Pale-billed or Tickell's Flowerpecker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Bonaparte, 1853
Genera

Prionochilus
Dicaeum

The flowerpeckers are a family of passerine birds found in tropical southern Asia and Australasia from India east to the Philippines and south to Australia.

Species

Family: Dicaeidae Olive-backed Flowerpecker, Prionochilus olivaceus Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker, Prionochilus maculatus Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker, Prionochilus percussus Palawan Flowerpecker, Prionochilus plateni Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker, Prionochilus xanthopygius Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker, Prionochilus thoracicus Golden-rumped Flowerpecker, Dicaeum annae Thick-billed Flowerpecker, Dicaeum agile Brown-backed Flowerpecker, Dicaeum everetti Whiskered Flowerpecker, Dicaeum proprium Yellow-vented Flowerpecker, Dicaeum chrysorrheum Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker, Dicaeum melanoxanthum White-throated Flowerpecker, Dicaeum vincens Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, Dicaeum aureolimbatum Olive-capped Flowerpecker, Dicaeum nigrilore Flame-crowned Flowerpecker, Dicaeum anthonyi Bicolored Flowerpecker, Dicaeum bicolor Cebu Flowerpecker, Dicaeum quadricolor Red-striped Flowerpecker, Dicaeum australe Red-keeled Flowerpecker, Dicaeum haematostictum Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker, Dicaeum retrocinctum Orange-bellied Flowerpecker, Dicaeum trigonostigma Pale-billed Flowerpecker, Dicaeum erythrorhynchos Plain Flowerpecker, Dicaeum concolor Flame-breasted Flowerpecker, Dicaeum erythrothorax White-bellied Flowerpecker, Dicaeum hypoleucum Pygmy Flowerpecker, Dicaeum pygmaeum Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker, Dicaeum nehrkorni Ashy Flowerpecker, Dicaeum vulneratum Olive-crowned Flowerpecker, Dicaeum pectorale Red-capped Flowerpecker, Dicaeum geelvinkianum Louisiade Flowerpecker, Dicaeum nitidum Red-banded Flowerpecker, Dicaeum eximium Midget Flowerpecker, Dicaeum aeneum Mottled Flowerpecker, Dicaeum tristrami Black-fronted Flowerpecker, Dicaeum igniferum Red-chested Flowerpecker, Dicaeum maugei Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, Dicaeum ignipectus Black-sided Flowerpecker, Dicaeum monticolum Grey-sided Flowerpecker, Dicaeum celebicum Blood-breasted Flowerpecker, Dicaeum sanguinolentum Mistletoebird, Dicaeum hirundinaceum Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, Dicaeum cruentatum Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker, Dicaeum trochileum

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