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Buru flowerpecker

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Buru flowerpecker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species:
D. erythrothorax
Binomial name
Dicaeum erythrothorax
Lesson & Garnot, 1828

The Buru flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is restricted to Buru.

The Halmahera flowerpecker was until recently considered a subspecies.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dicaeum erythrothorax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103776345A94538261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103776345A94538261.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.