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
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pygmy Flowerpecker
- Described by
- (Kittlitz, FH, 1833)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Dicaeum pygmaeum palawanorum
- Dicaeum pygmaeum fugaense
- Dicaeum pygmaeum salomonseni
- Dicaeum pygmaeum pygmaeum
- Dicaeum pygmaeum davao
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.
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