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Pygmy Flowerpecker

Dicaeum pygmaeum(Kittlitz, FH, 1833)

English (US) Pygmy Flowerpecker

The Pygmy Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pygmaeum) 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 pygmaeum
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Pygmy Flowerpecker
Described by
(Kittlitz, FH, 1833)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Nectarinia pygmea
Described by
(Kittlitz, FH, 1833)
Type locality
Luzon ; restricted to Manila by Parkes, 1962, Postilla, Yale Univ., no. 67, p. 6.
Original description
Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 2 p.2 pl.2

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 56 species of the family Dicaeidae