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Scarlet‑backed flowerpecker, Orange‑bellied flowerpecker, Scarlet‑headed flowerpecker, Fire‑breasted flowerpecker, Mistletoebird |
Dicaeum is a genus of birds in the flowerpecker family, a group of passerines tropical southern Asia and Australasia from India east to the Philippines and south to Australia. The genus is closely related to the genus Prionochilus and forms a monophyletic group.
Its members are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, 10 to 18 cm in length, with short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues. The latter features reflect the importance of nectar in the diet of many species, although berries, spiders and insects are also taken.
2-4 eggs are laid, typically in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree.
Golden-rumped flowerpecker, Dicaeum annae
Thick-billed flowerpecker, Dicaeum agile
Striped flowerpecker, Dicaeum aeruginosum
Brown-backed flowerpecker, Dicaeum everetti
Whiskered flowerpecker, Dicaeum proprium
Yellow-vented flowerpecker, Dicaeum chrysorrheum
Yellow-bellied flowerpecker, Dicaeum melanoxanthum
Legge's flowerpecker, Dicaeum vincens
Yellow-sided flowerpecker, Dicaeum aureolimbatum
Olive-capped flowerpecker, Dicaeum nigrilore
Flame-crowned flowerpecker, Dicaeum anthonyi
Bicoloured flowerpecker, Dicaeum bicolor
Cebu flowerpecker, Dicaeum quadricolor
Red-keeled flowerpecker, Dicaeum australe
Black-belted flowerpecker, Dicaeum haematostictum
Scarlet-collared flowerpecker, Dicaeum retrocinctum
Orange-bellied flowerpecker, Dicaeum trigonostigma
Pale-billed flowerpecker, Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
Nilgiri flowerpecker, Dicaeum concolor
Plain flowerpecker, Dicaeum minullum
Andaman flowerpecker, Dicaeum virescens
Flame-breasted flowerpecker, Dicaeum erythrothorax
Halmahera flowerpecker, Dicaeum schistaceiceps
Buzzing 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
Blue-cheeked 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
Wakatobi flowerpecker, Dicaeum kuehni
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