Olive-crowned Flowerpecker

Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species: D. pectorale
Binomial name
Dicaeum pectorale
Müller, 1843

The Olive-crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pectorale) is a small passerine bird in the flowerpecker family, Dicaeidae. It is found in far western New Guinea and on adjacent islands. There are two subspecies: D. p. ignotum on Gebe Island and D. p. pectorale elsewhere.[1] The Red-capped Flowerpecker (D. geelvinkianum) and Louisiade Flowerpecker (D. nitidum) are sometimes included in this species.[2]

References

  1. ^ Clements, James F. (2007) The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th ed., Cornell University Press.
  2. ^ Coates, Brian J. & William S. Peckover (2001), Birds of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago: a photographic guide, Dove Publications, Alderley, Australia.