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Photo by mehd halaouate
Photographed: Numfor island, Papua, Indonesia

Dicaeum geelvinkianum

[edit] Identification

This is very small bird with short bill and tail, red cap, rump and, in the male, red spot on the breast.

[edit] Distribution

New Guinea and adjacent islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

It has recently been split from the Olive-crowned Flowerpecker.

[edit] Habitat

Forest and woodland

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes fruit, particularly mistletoe, spiders and insects.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID