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'''Alternative names: Green-backed, Buff-bellied, Cambodian, Luzon, Sumatran or Bronze-backed Flowerpecker''' | '''Alternative names: Green-backed, Buff-bellied, Cambodian, Luzon, Sumatran or Bronze-backed Flowerpecker''' | ||
− | [[Image:Fire-breasted_Flowerpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|cskhaw|cskhaw}}<br />Fraser's hill, [[Malaysia]], July 2005]] | + | [[Image:Fire-breasted_Flowerpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''D. i. dolichorhynchum''<br />Photo © by {{user|cskhaw|cskhaw}}<br />Fraser's hill, [[Malaysia]], July 2005]] |
;[[:Category:Dicaeum|Dicaeum]] ignipectus<br /> | ;[[:Category:Dicaeum|Dicaeum]] ignipectus<br /> | ||
''Dicaeum ignipectum'' | ''Dicaeum ignipectum'' | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | [[Image:fire-breasted_flowerpecker_alok_2.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Nominate subspecies, male<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Sat Tal Forest, Alt. 5200 ft., Uttarakhand [[Himalayas]], [[India]], October-2017]] | ||
7–9 cm (2¾-3½ in)<br /> | 7–9 cm (2¾-3½ in)<br /> | ||
'''Male''' | '''Male''' | ||
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*Whitish throat | *Whitish throat | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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[[Asia]]: found from the [[Himalayas]] over south-central [[China]] to [[Taiwan]], [[Indochina]], the [[Malay Peninsula]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Sumatra]]. | [[Asia]]: found from the [[Himalayas]] over south-central [[China]] to [[Taiwan]], [[Indochina]], the [[Malay Peninsula]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Sumatra]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
+ | [[Image:fire-breasted_flowerpecker_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Nominate subspecies, female<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Sat Tal Forest, Alt. 5200 ft., Uttarakhand [[Himalayas]], [[India]], April-2017]] | ||
There are 8 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | There are 8 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
*''D. i. ignipectus'': | *''D. i. ignipectus'': | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
+ | [[Image:Female fire-breasted Flowerpecker.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo © by {{user|robby+thai|robby thai}}<br />Nap Tok Mae Surin NP, [[Thailand]], February 2017]] | ||
Their diet consists of fruit and nectar, particularly figs and mistletoe. They also eat spiders. | Their diet consists of fruit and nectar, particularly figs and mistletoe. They also eat spiders. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015) | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015) | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
− | {{GSearch|Dicaeum | + | {{GSearch|"Dicaeum ignipectus" {{!}} "Dicaeum ignipectum" {{!}} "Fire-breasted Flowerpecker"}} |
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Latest revision as of 16:22, 9 June 2023
Alternative names: Green-backed, Buff-bellied, Cambodian, Luzon, Sumatran or Bronze-backed Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum ignipectus
Dicaeum ignipectum
Identification
7–9 cm (2¾-3½ in)
Male
- Greenish blue-black crown and upperparts
- Black face
- Whitish throat
Distribution
Asia: found from the Himalayas over south-central China to Taiwan, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines and Sumatra.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 8 subspecies[1]:
- D. i. ignipectus:
- D. i. dolichorhynchum:
- Mountains of southern peninsula Thailand and Malay Peninsula
- D. i. cambodianum:
- Mountains of eastern Thailand and Cambodia
- D. i. formosum:
- Montane forests of Taiwan
- D. i. luzoniense:
- Northern Philippines (montane forests of northern Luzon)
- D. i. bonga:
- Central Philippines (Samar Island)
- D. i. apo:
- Mountains of southern Philippines (Negros and Mindanao)
- D. i. beccarii:
- Montane forests of Sumatra
Habitat
Low altitude mountains, evergreen forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of fruit and nectar, particularly figs and mistletoe. They also eat spiders.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fire-breasted Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fire-breasted_Flowerpecker
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1