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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Taxobox
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| name = Red-capped flowerpecker
| name = Red-capped flowerpecker
| image = DicaeumKeulemans.jpg
| image = DicaeumKeulemans.jpg
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| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=22717546 |title=''Dicaeum geelvinkianum'' |assessors=[[BirdLife International]] |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Dicaeum geelvinkianum'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22717546A131976567 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717546A131976567.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| genus = Dicaeum
| species = geelvinkianum
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| authority = [[Adolf Bernard Meyer|Meyer]], 1874
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Dicaeidae]]
| genus = '' [[Dicaeum]] ''
| species = '''''D. geelvinkianum'''''
| binomial = ''Dicaeum geelvinkianum''
| binomial_authority = [[Adolf Bernard Meyer|Meyer]], 1874
}}
}}


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''.
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''.


==Identification==
==Identification==
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{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
* BirdLife International (2006) Species factsheet: ''Dicaeum geelvinkianum''. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 6/12/2006
* BirdLife International (2006) Species factsheet: ''Dicaeum geelvinkianum''. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 6/12/2006
* Coates, Brian J. ''The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Vol.II.'' Dove Publications: Queensland. ISBN 0-9590257-1-5
* Coates, Brian J. ''The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Vol.II.'' Dove Publications: Queensland. {{ISBN|0-9590257-1-5}}


==External links==
==External links==
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{{Dicaeidae}}
{{Dicaeidae}}


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[[Category:Dicaeum|red-capped flowerpecker]]
[[Category:Dicaeum|red-capped flowerpecker]]
[[Category:Birds of New Guinea]]
[[Category:Endemic birds of New Guinea]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1874]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1874|red-capped flowerpecker]]



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Latest revision as of 09:27, 26 October 2023

Red-capped flowerpecker
Subspecies D. g. rubrocoronatum, illustration by Keulemans, 1885
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species:
D. geelvinkianum
Binomial name
Dicaeum geelvinkianum
Meyer, 1874

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.

Identification

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A common but inconspicuous tiny bird with short bill and tail, red cap, rump and, in the male, red spot on the breast.

Habitat

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Forest and woodland, including secondary growth and mangroves.

Food

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Small fruits, especially mistletoe, insects and spiders.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Dicaeum geelvinkianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717546A131976567. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717546A131976567.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  • BirdLife International (2006) Species factsheet: Dicaeum geelvinkianum. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 6/12/2006
  • Coates, Brian J. The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Vol.II. Dove Publications: Queensland. ISBN 0-9590257-1-5
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