Fire-breasted flowerpecker

Fire-breasted flowerpecker
Male of nominate subspecies from Nepal
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species:
D. ignipectus
Binomial name
Dicaeum ignipectus
(Blyth, 1843)
Synonyms

Myzanthe ignipectus
Micrura ignipectus

The fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like other flowerpeckers, this tiny bird feeds on fruits and plays an important role in the dispersal of fruiting plants.[2][3] Unlike many other species in the genus, this species has marked sexual dimorphism with the male having contrasting upper and lower parts with a distinctive bright orange breast patch. The female is dull coloured.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dicaeum ignipectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103776843A94539939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103776843A94539939.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ingle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Corlett, Richard T (1998). "Frugivory and seed dispersal by birds in Hong Kong shrubland" (PDF). Forktail. 13: 23–27.