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Mistletoebird or Pink-breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum [hirundinaceum or keiense] (= Dicaeum hirundinaceum) (Shaw, G 1792)

Related taxa:
Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum James Lambert 2021-07-24 Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Litchfield, Northern Territory, Australia, Litchfield (Australia)   -   356474921
macaulaylibrary.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Peter Boesman 2025-11-01 Tyto wetlands, Ingham, Queensland, Hinchinbrook (Australia) (? m) song - [also] [sono] 1066535
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Marc Anderson 2026-02-21 Bald Rock National Park, New South Wales, Tenterfield (Australia) (1100 m) call - [sono] 1084966
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Marc Anderson 2026-02-21 Bald Rock National Park, New South Wales, Tenterfield (Australia) (1100 m) call - [sono] 1084965
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum James Lambert 2021-03-28 Cabbage Tree Creek (Aspley), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Brisbane (Australia)   -   320544761
macaulaylibrary.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum Marc Anderson 2017-01-23 Tully Falls National Park, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (850 m) call - [sono] 353419
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum James Lambert 2023-02-08 Tiwi, City of Darwin, Northern Territory, Tiwi (Australia) (10 m) song -

single female vocalising while foraging

 780371
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Greg McLachlan 2016-10-29 Glen Davis, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (420 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 343746
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Peter Boesman 2025-10-22 Pamela street Water Tanks, Mount Isa, Queensland, Mount Isa (Australia) (? m) call - [sono] 1066533
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum James Lambert 2021-03-28 Aspley, Brisbane City, Queensland, Aspley (Australia) (30 m) adult, male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 632802
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Morgan Pickering 2026-02-07 , Gosnells (Australia)   -   650406124
macaulaylibrary.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum Marc Anderson 2015-08-21 Capertee National Park, NSW, New South Wales (Australia) (440 m) song - [also] [sono] 269677
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Max Weatherall 2023-01-20 , Indigo (Australia)   -   528314891
macaulaylibrary.org
Mistletoebird (Australian) - Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum Susan Inglis 2026-03-28 , Ballina (Australia)   -   653665677
macaulaylibrary.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Krzysztof Deoniziak 2015-08-13 Cairns, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (0 m) song -

Cairns Botanical Garden.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 277659
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Sooraj Sekhar 2026-06-06 , Kempsey (Australia)   -   659427584
macaulaylibrary.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum James Lambert 2021-08-30 Charles Darwin University, Darwin Municipality, Northern Territory, Brinkin (Australia) (10 m) adult, song -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 671143
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum James Lambert 2022-10-08 Pine Creek, Victoria Daly Region, Northern Territory, Pine Creek (Australia) (200 m) uncertain -

extremely high-pitched (8-9 kHz) cheep notes and short trrts; given by male from high up in tree canopy; this vocalisation not mentioned in HBW

 759941
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Marc Anderson 2022-02-03 Karumba, Carpentaria Shire, Queensland, Carpentaria (Australia) (0 m) call, song - [also] [sono] 816283
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Andrew Spencer 2015-12-29 Mt. Lewis Rd--Lower part, Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, Tablelands (Australia)   - Two songs from a male bird perched high overhead in tall rainforest. 101487091
macaulaylibrary.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum Marc Anderson 2018-09-05 Twin Bridges (near Rossville), Cook Shire, Queensland, Cook (Australia) (200 m) call -

bird-seen:no

 440059
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum Marc Anderson 2023-02-09 Mona Mona, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Mareeba (Australia) (460 m) call, song - [sono] 816410
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum fulgidum Frank Lambert 2012-08-19 Tanimbar Islands: Site 2 Yamdena, Maluku, Yamdena (Indonesia) (60 m) song -

There is the possibility that the taxa presently included in 'Mistletoebird' represent more than one species

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 121981
xeno-canto.org
Mistletoebird - Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum James Lambert 2019-12-30 Black Mountain Road, Kuranda, Mareeba (Australia) (340 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 516485
xeno-canto.org
Note: a maximum of 20 records are shown. For more recordings of this species, as well as maps, sonograms, and advanced searches, please visit xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

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