Fire-Breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus

Description

Dicaeum ignipectus is a colorful woodpecker. has characteristics, Adult male: dark blue upper part, belly and throat cream colored, with red chest underlined by an irregular black line. Females and juveniles: dull olive-brown in color. black bill, dark gray legs and blue/brown irises.

Population Size

-

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

7 – 9 gram

LENGTH

7 cm

Ar

Arboreal

Di

Diurnal

Om

Omnivore

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Dicaeidae

GENUS

:

Dicaeum

SPECIES

:

Dicaeum ignipectus

Distribution

Distributed in the submontane and montane forest areas from an altitude of 1000 – 2500 masl.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : endemic to Sumatra, Java and Bali.

Habits and Lifestyle

This species, like other flowerpeckers, flies to the tops of trees in search of flowers and fruit.

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Biome

Submontane and montane forest

Climate Zone

Tropical and subtropical

Diet and Nutrition

Eats various insects such as spiders, as well as small fruits and berries.

Diet : Omnivorous

Mating Habits

In West Java the breeding season is recorded in December, and also lays 1-2 white eggs.

Reproduction session : December

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 1 – 2 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Dicaeum ignipectus on iNaturalist article