Dicaeum hirundinaceum [incl. ignicole] (Mistletoebird [incl. ignicole])

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Mistletoebird [incl. ignicole]

Dicaeum hirundinaceum [incl. ignicole] (= Dicaeum hirundinaceum) (Shaw, G 1792)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Dicaeidae
Genus:
   Dicaeum
Scientific:
  Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Original description

Citation:
(Shaw, G 1792)

Reference:
Nat. Miscellany 4, no.2 pl.114

Protonym:
Motacilla hirundinacea

Type locality:
New Holland.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/155487#page/27/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
4E08D31AA1DC1C87

Avibase ID:
avibase-4E08D31A

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4E08D31A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559733

English:
Mistletoebird [incl. ignicole]
French:
Dicée hirondelle [incl. ignicole]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mistletoebird [incl. ignicole] ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum [incl. ignicole])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mistletoebird [incl. ignicole] ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum [incl. ignicole])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Mistletoebird [incl. ignicole] ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum [incl. ignicole])
Avilist 2025: Mistletoebird ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum) [version 2]
Clements, version 2024: Mistletoebird ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum) [version 2]
Clements, version 2025: Mistletoebird ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Mistletoebird ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum) [version 2]
eBird version 2025: Mistletoebird ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Mistletoebird ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Mistletoebird ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Mistletoebird ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Dicaeum [hirundinaceum or keiense]

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Bulgarian: Австралийски цветояд
Catalan: picaflors australià
Czech: květozob vlaštovčí
Danish: Mistelfugl
German: Rotsteiß-Mistelfresser
English: Mistletoebird, Mistletoebird [incl. ignicole]
[ENAV]: Mistletoebird
English, HBW: Mistletoebird/Aru Flowerpecker
English (IOC): Mistletoebird
English (United States): Mistletoebird
Esperanto: viska dikeo
Spanish: Picaflores golondrina
Spanish (Spain): Picaflores golondrina
Estonian: austraalia võõrikulind
Finnish: mistelikukastaja
French: Dicée hirondelle, Dicée hirondelle [incl. ignicole]
Croatian: australska imelašica
Hungarian: fecskefejű virágjáró
Indonesian: Cabai benalu
Icelandic: Mistilplokkari
Italian: Beccafiore del vischio
Japanese: ヤドリギハナドリ
Scientific: Dicaeum hirundinaceum, Dicaeum hirundinaceum [incl. ignicole]
Lithuanian: amalinis žiedsiurbys
Dutch: Roodstuithoningvogel
Norwegian: mistelteinfugl
Polish: kwiatówka różowa
Portuguese: pica-flor-australiano
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-flor-andorinha
Russian: Ласточковый цветоед
Slovak: bobuliar imelový
Serbian: Cvetarka imelašica
Swedish: mistelblomsterpickare
Turkish: Kırlangıç Öksekuşu
Ukrainian: квіткоїд австралійський
Chinese: 澳洲啄花鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 槲啄花