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Photo © by Mehd Halaouate
Yamdena island, the Tanimbars, Indonesia, 24 August 2006
Alternative name: Salvadori's Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum keiense
Identification
9 cm (3½ in)
- plumage bluish-black
- chin and chest reddish (Moluccan subspecies)
- undertail pinkish (Moluccan subspecies)
- belly reddish buff (Moluccan subspecies)
- belly with black central stripe
Female
- upperparts dark grey
- belly light grey
- undertail with a slight red tinge
Juvenile has an orange bill with a black tip
Variation
Subapecies keiense has male underparts suffused with pinkish than Australian Mistletoebird; red of throat/chest and undertail less saturated, more pinkish. Female similar to Australian Mistletoebird, perhaps with stronger grey streaking on flanks, undertail paler pink.
Subspecies fulgidum has thicker central belly stripe than kiense, warmer buff underparts. Female browner than kiense with warmer buff vent area.
Distribution
Found in eastern Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Pink-breasted Flowerpecker was formerly included in Mistletoebird.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- D. k. keiense: Southern Wallacea (Watubela, Tayandu and Kai islands)
- D. k. fulgidum: Tanimbar Islands (Yamdena, Larat and Lutu)
Habitat
Behaviour
A Birdforum member describes the male being aggressive towards other males at trees rich in food.
Vocalisation
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Pink-breasted Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pink-breasted_Flowerpecker
External Links
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