Brown-backed flowerpecker

Brown-backed flowerpecker
Brown-backed flowerpecker on top
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Dicaeidae
Genus:	Pachyglossa
Species:	P. everetti
Binomial name
Pachyglossa everetti (Sharpe, 1877)
Synonyms
Dicaeum everetti

The brown-backed flowerpecker (Pachyglossa everetti) is a species of passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae. The scientific name commemorates the British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett. ^[2]

The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. ^[3]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Dicaeum everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22717478A131975922. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717478A131975922.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Jobling, James A. "everetti". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 March 2025.