Red-capped Flowerpecker
| Red-capped Flowerpecker | |
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| Subspecies D. g. rubrocoronatum, illustration by Keulemans, 1885 | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dicaeidae |
| Genus: | Dicaeum |
| Species: | D. geelvinkianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicaeum geelvinkianum Meyer, 1874 |
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The Red-capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum geelvinkianum) is a small passerine bird endemic to, and widespread within, New Guinea and adjacent islands. It has recently been split from the Olive-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum pectorale.
Identification
A common but inconspicuous tiny bird with short bill and tail, red cap, rump and, in the male, red spot on the breast.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Dicaeum geelvinkianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- BirdLife International (2006) Species factsheet: Dicaeum geelvinkianum. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 6/12/2006
- Coates, Brian J. The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Vol.II. Dove Publications: Queensland. ISBN 0-9590257-1-5
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