Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
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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. The Red-capped Flowerpecker
(D. geelvinkianum) and Louisiade Flowerpecker
(D. nitidum) are sometimes included in this species.
Passerine
A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...
bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the flowerpecker
Flowerpecker
The flowerpeckers are a family, Dicaeidae , of passerine birds. The family comprises two genera, Prionochilus and Dicaeum, with 44 species in total. The family has sometimes been included in an enlarged sunbird family Nectariniidae. The berrypeckers of the family Melanocharitidae and the painted...
family, Dicaeidae. It is found in far western New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and on adjacent islands. There are two subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
: D. p. ignotum on Gebe Island and D. p. pectorale elsewhere. The Red-capped Flowerpecker
Red-capped Flowerpecker
The Red-capped Flowerpecker is a small passerine bird endemic to, and widespread within, New Guinea and adjacent islands...
(D. geelvinkianum) and Louisiade Flowerpecker
Louisiade Flowerpecker
The Louisiade Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
(D. nitidum) are sometimes included in this species.