List of Birds of Papua New Guinea - Flowerpeckers

Flowerpeckers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Dicaeidae

The flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues. There are 44 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.

  • Olive-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum pectorale
  • Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
  • Louisiade Flowerpecker Dicaeum nitidum (E)
  • Red-banded Flowerpecker Dicaeum eximium (E)
  • Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum

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