Spectacled Flowerpecker

Overview

Spectacled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum dayakorum) is a species of Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).

Scientific Classification

Genus: Dicaeum; binomial: Dicaeum dayakorum; authority: Saucier, Milensky, Caraballo-Ortiz, Ragai, Dahlan & Edwards, DP, 2019.

Distribution

Breeding range: the Oriental Region.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Distinctive new species informally documented by sightings and photographs (Edwards et al. 2009; Sykes & Loseby 2015; Boyd et al. 2016) and now described scientifically from the sole known specimen: Saucier et al., 2019. Basal Dicaeum.