Red-capped Flowerpecker
Dicaeum geelvinkianumMeyer, AB, 1874
English (US) Red-capped Flowerpecker
The Red-capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum geelvinkianum) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-capped Flowerpecker
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1874
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 9 subspecies for this species.
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum maforense
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum misoriense
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum geelvinkianum
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum obscurifrons
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum diversum
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum albopunctatum
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum rubrigulare
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum rubrocoronatum
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum violaceum
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1874
- Type locality
- Jobi, Mysore and Mafoor [= Japen, Biak and Numfor] ; restricted to Japen by Sharpe, 1885, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 10, p. 34; vide Salomonsen, 1960, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 2016, p. 26.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 70 p.120 {note: ? source abr.}
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Flowerpeckers
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Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker
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Buru Flowerpecker
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Ashy Flowerpecker
Dicaeum vulneratum
Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
Dicaeum pectorale
Louisiade Flowerpecker
Dicaeum nitidum
Red-banded Flowerpecker
Dicaeum eximium
Midget Flowerpecker
Dicaeum aeneum
Mottled Flowerpecker
Dicaeum tristrami
Black-fronted Flowerpecker
Dicaeum igniferum
Red-chested Flowerpecker
Dicaeum maugei
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