Red-banded flowerpecker

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Red-banded flowerpecker
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species:
D. eximium
Binomial name
Dicaeum eximium
PL Sclater, 1877

The red-banded flowerpecker (Dicaeum eximium) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Dicaeum eximium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22717552A131976765. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717552A131976765.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.