Pink-breasted flowerpecker
Species of bird
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The pink-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum keiense) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae that is native to the south and southeast Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum).
| Pink-breasted flowerpecker | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dicaeidae |
| Genus: | Dicaeum |
| Species: | D. keiense |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicaeum keiense Salvadori, 1874 | |
Taxonomy
The pink-breasted flowerpecker was formally described in 1874 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori based on a specimen collected on the Kai Islands by the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari. Salvadori coined the binomial name Dicaeum keiense.[2][3] The specific epithet is from the alternative spelling "Kei" for the Kai Islands.[4] The pink-breasted flowerpecker was formerly considered as a subspecies of the mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum).[5]
Two subspecies are recognised:[5]
- D. k. keiense Salvadori, 1874 – Tayandu Islands, Kai Islands and Watubela archipelago (southeast Maluku Islands)
- D. k. fulgidum Sclater, PL, 1883 – Tanimbar Islands (south Maluku Islands)