Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus (Blyth, 1843)

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, Dicaeum ignipectus, is a bird of the Oriental Region, breeding from the Himalayas to eastern China, northern and central Indochina, Myanmar, northern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Taiwan. It belongs to the flowerpecker family and was described by Blyth in 1843. The male is set apart by a vivid breast patch and strong contrast between its upper and lower parts, while the female is more subdued. It is a very small bird with a small dark bill, and the species is among the smallest flowerpeckers. It is found in forested mountain country and is often seen high in trees, especially on mistletoes.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Dicaeidae — Flowerpeckers

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Himalayas to e China, n, c Indochina, Myanmar, n Thailand, Myanmar, Malay Pen. and Taiwan