The pink-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum keiense) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae that is native to the south and southeast Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum).
| Pink-breasted flowerpecker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dicaeidae |
| Genus: | Dicaeum |
| Species: | D. keiense
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicaeum keiense Salvadori, 1874
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Taxonomy
editThe pink-breasted flowerpecker was formally described in 1874 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori based on a specimen collected on the Kai Islands by the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari. Salvadori coined the binomial name Dicaeum keiense.[2][3] The specific epithet is from the alternative spelling "Kei" for the Kai Islands.[4] The pink-breasted flowerpecker was formerly considered as a subspecies of the mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum).[5]
Two subspecies are recognised:[5]
- D. k. keiense Salvadori, 1874 – Tayandu Islands, Kai Islands and Watubela archipelago (southeast Maluku Islands)
- D. k. fulgidum Sclater, PL, 1883 – Tanimbar Islands (south Maluku Islands)
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Dicaeum keiense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T103778206A132044192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103778206A132044192.en. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Salvadori, Tommaso (1874). "Altre nuove specie di uccelli raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Sig. L. M. D'Albertis e nelle isole Aru e Kei dal Dott. O. Beccari". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (in Italian and Latin). 6: 308–314 [313–314].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 195.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 January 2024.