Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Dicaeum cruentatum
Family : Dicaeidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Fire-breasted Flowerpecker is a tiny, green and buff passerine of the treetops (length 9 cm, weight 6 g, wing 4.8 cm, bill 1 cm, tarsus 1.3 cm, tail 2.6 cm approximately). The male is visibly different from the female. The male is metallic blue-green above including the cheeks and the sides of the breast. The underparts are rich buff with a scarlet patch on breast and a black line in the centre of the belly. The female has dull olive-green upperparts, and warm buff underparts with an olive wash on the flanks. The male has a thin black slightly down curved bill, that of the female has a yellow to orange patch on the base of the lower mandible. It feeds on insects, spiders, berries and nectar. It breeds in the hills of northeast India in March-June.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Aethopyga gouldiae
(Crimson Sunbird) -
Cinnyris jugularis
(Fire‑tailed Sunbird) -
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
(Plain Flowerpecker) -
Dicaeum trigonostigma
(Pale‑billed Flowerpecker) -
Cinnyris asiaticus
(Olive-backed Sunbird) -
Aethopyga nipalensis
((Mrs) Gould's Sunbird) -
Dicaeum agile
(Orange‑bellied Flowerpecker) -
Dicaeum minullum
(Scarlet‑backed Flowerpecker) -
Arachnothera magna
(Ruby‑cheeked Sunbird) -
Aethopyga siparaja
(Black-breasted Weaver)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Vijay Anand Ismavel (www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Okamoto Keita Sinmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Vijay Anand Ismavel (www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Okamoto Keita Sinmore information, please contact us.