Whiskered flowerpecker

Whiskered flowerpecker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species: D. proprium
Binomial name
Dicaeum proprium
Ripley & Rabor, 1966

The whiskered flowerpecker (Dicaeum proprium) is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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