Red-capped Flowerpecker
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The Red-capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum geelvinkianum) is a small passerine
bird endemic to, and widespread within, New Guinea
and adjacent islands. It has recently been split from the Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
Dicaeum pectorale.
Passerine
A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...
bird endemic to, and widespread within, New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and adjacent islands. It has recently been split from the Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
The Olive-crowned Flowerpecker is a small passerine bird in the flowerpecker family, Dicaeidae. It is found in far western New Guinea and on adjacent islands. There are two subspecies: D. p. ignotum on Gebe Island and D. p. pectorale elsewhere. The Red-capped Flowerpecker and Louisiade...
Dicaeum pectorale.