Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Flame-breasted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax) - HBW 13, p. 383
French:
Dicée à gorge blanche
German: Burumistelfresser
Spanish: Picaflores
Pechirrojo
Other common names: Flame-chested/White-throated/Buru/Indonesian
Flowerpecker
Taxonomy: Dicaeum
erythrothorax Lesson and Garnot, 1828, Buru, southern Moluccas.
Forms
a superspecies with D. nehrkorni, D. vulneratum,
D. pectorale, D. geelvinkianum, D.
nitidum, D. eximium and D. aeneum.
Tongue morphology similar to that of D. trigonostigma, D.
pygmaeum, D. aeneum, D. sanguinolentum and D.
cruentatum. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- schistaceiceps G. R. Gray, 1861 - Morotai, Halmahera, Bacan, Bisa and Obi.
- erythrothorax Lesson & Garnot, 1828 - Buru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird.
Locality Buru, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp erythrothorax)
mehdhalaouate 9 August 2006 2 years ago 3.7
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