Blue-cheeked flowerpecker

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Blue-cheeked flowerpecker
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.132196 1 - Dicaeum maugei salvadorii Meyer, 1884 - Dicaeidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species:
D. maugei
Binomial name
Dicaeum maugei
Lesson, 1830

The blue-cheeked flowerpecker or red-chested flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is found on the Lesser Sundas (namely Timor island). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Dicaeum maugei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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