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Dicaeidae

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Dicaeidae, the flowerpeckers, is a family of passerine birds comprising three genera, Dicaeum, Prionochilus and Pachyglossa, with 56 species in total, found across tropical southern Asia and Australasia from India east to the Philippines and south to Australia. They are compact birds with short necks, legs and tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues, ranging in size from the 10-centimeter, 5.7-gram pygmy flowerpecker to the 18-centimeter, 12-gram mottled flowerpecker; many species are dully plumaged, though males of several carry brightly patterned crimson or glossy black plumage. Flowerpeckers eat nectar, berries, spiders and insects, and have evolved a specialized digestive system for efficiently processing mistletoe berries; they often join mixed-species feeding flocks with sunbirds and white-eyes, and some species, such as the mistletoebird, are highly nomadic across their range.

Facts
Taxonomic Rank
Family 2
Member Count Band
10 to 100 Species 3
Era First Appeared
Quaternary 4
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
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Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ755540, descriptionView the Source
2. Flowerpecker (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    The flowerpeckers are a family, Dicaeidae, of passerine birds.
  • Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
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3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Dicaeidae
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
Quote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 48
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4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Dicaeidae
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Dicaeidae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 0.129 ... "early_interval": "Late Pleistocene"
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Wikidata: Dicaeidae
Wikidata Q755540, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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