The family of flowerpeckers is similar to the Sunbirds, and probably closely related. They are found in tropical southern Asia and Australasia. They are often dull in color, although in several species the males have brightly patterned crimson or glossy-black plumage.
Flowerpeckers are stout birds, with short necks and legs. These are small birds ranging from the 10-18 cm. Flowerpeckers have short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues. The latter features reflect the importance of nectar in the diet of many species.. They also take berries, spiders and insects. Many species eat mistletoes berries.
Genus Dicaeum
Flowerpecker,_Andaman Dicaeum virescens Found: Andaman Islands (in Indian Ocean between India and Thailand)
Image by: 1) Balaji Venkatesh Sivaramakrishnan 2, 3) Brian_Ralphs
Flowerpecker,_Ashy Dicaeum vulneratum Found: Indonesia
it occurs on Seram, Ambon and nearby islands
Image by: 1) Dubi_Shapiro
Flowerpecker,_Bicolored Dicaeum bicolor Found: Philippines
Image by: 1, 2) Neon Rosell
1) Female 2) Male
Flowerpecker,_Black-belted also Visayan Flowerpecker Dicaeum haematostictum Found: Philippines
Similar to: Red-striped Flowerpecker.
Flowerpecker,_Black-fronted Dicaeum igniferum Found: Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia
Image by: 1) Marcel_Hollyoak
Flowerpecker,_Black-sided Dicaeum monticolum Found: Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia)
Image by: 1) Wayne Hodgkinson 2) Dave Irving 3) Teerapol_Thongphet
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Flowerpecker,_Blood-breasted Dicaeum sanguinolentum Found: Indonesia
Image by: 1, 2, 3, 4) Lip Kee Yap - Java, Indonesia
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1, 2) Female 3) Male
Flowerpecker,_Brown-backed Dicaeum everetti Found: Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1) Andy Foo
Flowerpecker,_Buru also Flame-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrothorax Found: Buru of Moluccas Indonesia
The Halmahera Flowerpecker was previously considered a subspecies of the Buru Flowerpecker/
Image by: 1) Michael_Poulsen
Flowerpecker,_Buzzing also White-bellied Flowepecker Dicaeum hypoleucum Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Pinned 2) Joseph Smit 3) Jon Hornbuckle
Flowerpecker,_Cebu Dicaeum quadricolor Found: Cebu Island in the Philippines
The Cebu Flowerpecker is close to extinction. Male has glossy blue-black head, sides of neck, wings, tail; reddish rest of upperparts; pale yellow underparts. Female has white underparts.
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit 2) Pinned
Flowerpecker,_Crimson-crowned Dicaeum nehrkorni Found: island of Sulawesi in Indonesia
Image by: 1) Simon_van_der_Meulen 2) Batin Tuwuilu 3) Ingo_Waschkies 4) Stijn De Win
Flowerpecker,_Fire-breasted Dicaeum ignipectus Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
The male Fire-breasted Flowerpecker has glossy blue-black upperparts; buffy underparts with red breast zzzzzzfpatch and black belly stripe. Female has olive upperparts; buffy underparrt. Both have small dark bill.
Image by: 1, 2) Hiyashi_Haka 3) John and Fish 4) Francesco Veronesi - Malaysia 1) Female 2, 3, 4) Male
Flowerpecker,_Flame-crowned Dicaeum anthonyi Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Francesco Veronesi
Flowerpecker,_Golden-rumped Dicaeum annae Found: Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)
Image by: 1) Simon van der Meulen
Flowerpecker,_Gray-sided Dicaeum celebicum Found: Indonesia
Similar to: Wakatobi Flowerpecker.
Image by: 1, 3) Kelly et al 3) John Tasirin 4) Francesco Veronesi
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Flowerpecker,_Halmahera Dicaeum schistaceiceps Found: Halmahera in Indonesia
Image by: 1) Josep del Hoyo
Flowerpecker,_Louisade Dicaeum nitidum Found: New Guinea
The male Louisade Flowerpecker has mainly brownish-gray upperparts; red breast patch, rump.
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) hbw.com
Flowerpecker,_Midget Dicaeum aeneum Found: New Guinea
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) hbw.com
Flowerpecker,_Mottled Dicaeum tristrami Found: Makira in the Solomon Islands
Image by: 1) Tammy_Davies
Flowerpecker,_Nilgiri Dicaeum concolor Found: southern India.
The Nilgiri Flowerpecker has pale brown upperparts; whitish underparts; wide white fore-brow. It is found in hill forests of the Western Ghats and Nilgiri hills of southern India.
Formerly a subspecies of the Plain Flowerpecker. As such it was
Not to be confused with the Olive-capped Flowerpecker which has the scientific name Dicaeum nigrilore.
Similar to: Plain Flowerpecker
Similar to: Pale-billed Flowerpecker. The Nilgiri Flowerpecker has pale markings on the head; dark bill; Pale-billed Flower has relatively uniform markings on head; pale bill.
Image by: 1) Sumeet_MogheFormerly a subspecies of the Plain Flowerpecker. As such it was
Not to be confused with the Olive-capped Flowerpecker which has the scientific name Dicaeum nigrilore.
Similar to: Plain Flowerpecker
Similar to: Pale-billed Flowerpecker. The Nilgiri Flowerpecker has pale markings on the head; dark bill; Pale-billed Flower has relatively uniform markings on head; pale bill.
Flowerpecker,_Olive-capped Dicaeum nigrilore Found: island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
The Olive-capped Flowerpecker is not to be confused with the Nilgiri Flowerpecker which has the scientific name Dicaeum concolor.
Image by: 1) Paul Bourdin 2) Yann_Muzika
Flowerpecker,_Olive-crowned Dicaeum pectorale Found: New Guinea
The male Olive-crowned Flowerpecker has olive crown, upperparts; red breast patch; yellowish or whitish center of belly; gray rest underparts. Female similar to male but not red on breast.
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) hbw.com
Flowerpecker,_Orange-bellied Dicaeum trigonostigma Found: Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Image by: 1) Lip Kee Yap 2) Roby_Edrian 3) NatureAtYourBackyard 4) Tom Tarrant - Malaysia
Flowerpecker,_Pale-billed Dicaeum erythrorhynchos Found: India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
The Pale-billed Flowerpecker has brownish to olive-green plumage; paler underparts; pale bill.
Similar to: Nilgiri Flowerpecker. The Nilgiri Flowerpecker has pale markings on the head; dark bill; Pale-billed Flower has relatively uniform markings on head; pale bill.
Image by:
1) JM Garg - India 2) Vijay Ismavel 3) Tarique_Sani - India Similar to: Nilgiri Flowerpecker. The Nilgiri Flowerpecker has pale markings on the head; dark bill; Pale-billed Flower has relatively uniform markings on head; pale bill.
Flowerpecker,_Plain Dicaeum minullum Found: central Himalayas to western Indonesia, Taiwan
Image by: 1) Lin_Sun_Fong - Taiwan 2, 3) Hiyashi_Haka 4) Nick_Athanas - Taiwan
1) Juvenile
Flowerpecker,_Pygmy Dicaeum pygmaeum Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Francesco_Veronesi 2) Forest_Jarvis
Flowerpecker,_Red-banded Dicaeum eximium Found: Papua New Guinea
Image by: 1) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) Joseph Smit
Flowerpecker,_Red-capped Dicaeum geelvinkianum Found: New Guinea
The male Red-capped Flowerpecker has mainly dark green upperparts; red crown, rump,breast patch, under-tail coverts; dark brown upperwing, tail; blackish bill, legs. Female similar to male but lacks red breast patch.
Image by: 1, 4) Katerina_Tvardikova 2) John Gerrard Keulemans 3) Jerry Oldenettel
3) Female 4) Male
Flowerpecker,_Red-chested also Blue-cheeked Flowerpecker Dicaeum maugei Found: Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia, East Timor)
Image by: 1) James_Eaton 2) Pinned
Flowerpecker,_Red-striped also Red-keeled Flowerpecker Dicaeum australe Found: Philippines
Similar to: Black-belted Flowerpecker.
Image by: 1) Patrick Randall 2) Tony Despojo 3) Pinned
Flowerpecker,_Scarlet-backed Dicaeum cruentatum Found: Asia
The male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker has navy blue upperparts with dark red streak from crown to tail; white underparts. Female has green upperparts, head.
Image by: 1, 3) NatureAtYourBackyard 2, 4) Lin_Sun_Fong - Thailand 5) Francesco_Veronesi - Thailand
1, 2) Female 3, 4, 5) Male
Flowerpecker,_Scarlet-collared Dicaeum retrocinctum Found: Philippines
The Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker black upperparts with slate blue gloss; scarlet collar across upper-back; black throat, breast with red patch on throat; white belly with scalet stripe.
Image by: 1) John Gould 2) Lius Limchiu 3) Sylvia_Ramos 4) Ramon_Quisumbing
Flowerpecker,_Scarlet-headed Dicaeum trochileum Found: Indonesia
Image by: 1) Sijanto Nature 2, 3) Lip Kee - Java
Flowerpecker,_Thick-billed Dicaeum agile Found: Asia
The Thick-billed Flowerpecker has brown-gray upperparts; buffy underparts; dark bill; red eyes.
Image by: 1, 2)
J M Garg 2) Dave_Curtis 3) JJ Harrison in Thailand_on_Helicteres_isora_W2_IMG_1379.jpg){kind=link}
Flowerpecker,_Wakatobi Dicaeum kuehni Found: Indonesia
The male Wakatobi Flowerpecker has darkish upperparts; white chin; red throat, breast; white belly. Female has gray upperparts; light gray upper-breast, whitish rest underparts.
Similar to: Gray-sided Flowerpecker.
Image by: 1, 2) Kelly et. al.Similar to: Gray-sided Flowerpecker.
Flowerpecker,_Whiskered Dicaeum proprium Found: island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Image by: 1) Paul Mackenzie 2) Stijn De Win 3) Pinned
Flowerpecker,_White-throated also Legge's Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens Found: Sri Lanka
The male White-throated Flowerpecker has blue-black upperparts; white throat, upper-breast; yellow lower-breast; belly. Female duller with olive-brown upperparts.
Image by: 1) Mapalagama K Premasiri 2) Danushka_Senadheera 3) Sandhillcrane
Flowerpecker,_Yellow-bellied Dicaeum melanoxanthum Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1) Raj Kamal Phukan - India 2) John Gerrard Keulemans 3) Dave Curtis - Thailand 4) Myron Tay - Bhutan
Flowerpecker,_Yellow-sided Dicaeum aureolimbatum Found: Sulawesi and adjacent islands in Indonesia
Image by: 1) AS Kono 2) Francesco Veronesi 3) Yann_Muzika
Flowerpecker,_Yellow-vented Dicaeum chrysorrheum Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Vijay Ismavel 4) JJ_Harrison - Thailand
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Found: Australia
The Mistletoebird has black eyes, legs, bill. Male has glossy blue-black upperparts; red breast; white belly with black stripe. Female has dark gray upperparts; white throat; light gray underparts
Image by: 1) Brianski 2) sunphlo 3) Nick Talbot - NSW 4) Aviceda 5) David
Cook - Willandra National Park, NSW, Australia 6) birdsaspoetry 7) Paul_Balfe - Queensland 8) Nik_Borrow - NSW
2, 3) Female 4 - 8) Male
Genus Prionochilus
The Prionochilus genus differs from the other flowerpecker genus, Dicaeum in having ten long primary feathers in the wing and in the character of its calls. They have a more restricted distribution than Dicaeum, occurring in the Philippines, Borneo, Suamtra, Java and the Malay Peninsula. The name Prionochilus is derived from the Greek prion for saw, and kheilos for lip, referring to the minute serrations along the edge of the bill.
Flowerpecker,_Crimson-breasted Prionochilus percussus Found: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand
Image by: 1) Amar-Singh - Malaysia 2) Sergey Yeliseev - Thailand 3) Naturelly
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Flowerpecker,_Olive-backed Prionochilus olivaceus Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit 2) Francesco Veronesi 3) PD_Round
Flowerpecker,_Palawan Prionochilus plateni Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Rackk67 2) Nick_Athanas 3) Francesco Veronesi
1, 2) Female 3) Male
Flowerpecker,_Scarlet-beasted Prionochilus thoracicus Found: Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1) zhongying koay 2) Nicolas LeJeune 3) Gary Kinard
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Flowerpecker,_Yellow-breasted Prionochilus maculatus Found: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Lip Kee Yap - Singapore
Flowerpecker,_Yellow-rumped Prionochilus xanthopygius Found: Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia)
Image by: 1) Mark Louis Benedict 2) Vun Soo Kiong 3) David_Cook
1) Female 2, 3) Male
