Dicaeum keiense (Pink-breasted Flowerpecker)

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Pink-breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum keiense Salvadori, AT 1874

Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
Salvadori, AT 1874

Reference:
Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova ser.1, no.6 p.313

Protonym:
Dicaeum keiense

Type locality:
Kei Islands.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40858#page/331/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
51B11645E9F08B98

Avibase ID:
avibase-51B11645

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/51B11645

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 924381

English:
Pink-breasted Flowerpecker
Danish:
Arumistelfugl
German:
Arumistelfresser
Spanish:
Picaflores de las Aru
French:
Dicée à poitrine rose

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Pink-breasted Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum keiense) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Pink-breasted Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum keiense) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Pink-breasted Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum keiense)
Clements, version 2023: Pink-breasted Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum keiense) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Pink-breasted Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum keiense) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Dicaeum [hirundinaceum or keiense] (sensu lato) by some authors

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