Flame-breasted flowerpecker
Flame-breasted flowerpecker | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Dicaeidae |
Genus: | Dicaeum |
Species: | D. erythrothorax |
Binomial name | |
Dicaeum erythrothorax Lesson, 1828 | |
The 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. It is restricted to Buru.
The Halmahera flowerpecker was until recently considered a subspecies.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Dicaeum erythrothorax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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