Red-chested Flowerpecker
Dicaeum maugeiLesson, RP, 1830
English (US) Red-chested Flowerpecker
The Red-chested Flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei) 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 maugei
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-chested Flowerpecker
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1830
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Dicaeum maugei splendidum
- Dicaeum maugei maugei
- Dicaeum maugei salvadorii
- Dicaeum maugei neglectum
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Dicaeum Maugei
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1830
- Type locality
- Timor.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.4 p.303
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Grey-sided Flowerpecker
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