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Ashy flowerpecker

Dicaeum vulneratum Wallace, 1863

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The ashy flowerpecker (Dicaeum vulneratum) is a species in the family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 8.94 g to 9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Ashy flowerpecker (Dicaeum vulneratum)
Photo: Joseph Morlan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the ashy flowerpecker

Weight
8.94 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
fruit, mistletoe, nectarsrc for Main food
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the ashy flowerpecker

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Ashy flowerpecker (Dicaeum vulneratum)
Wallace, 1863 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the ashy flowerpecker live?

Not recorded

What is the ashy flowerpecker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The ashy flowerpecker (Dicaeum vulneratum) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs on Seram, Ambon and nearby islands in the Banda Arc. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Ashy flowerpecker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashy_flowerpecker&oldid=1344503818), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the ashy flowerpecker endangered?

The ashy flowerpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the ashy flowerpecker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicaeidae
  6. genusDicaeum
  7. SpeciesDicaeum vulneratum Wallace, 1863
Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • نقار الزهر الرماديArabic
  • picaflors cendrósCatalan
  • květozob šedobřichýCzech
  • pigwr blodau llwydWelsh
  • Ceram BlomsterpikkerDanish
  • CerammistelfresserGerman
  • SerammistelfresserGerman
  • Seran-MistelfresserGerman
  • SeranmistelfresserGerman
  • cindra dikeoEsperanto
  • Picaflores cenizoSpanish
  • molukkienkukastajaFinnish
  • Dicée cendréFrench
  • seramska imelašicaCroatian
  • Cabai kelabuIndonesian
  • Beccafiore cenerinoItalian
  • ハイビタイハナドリJapanese
  • molukinis žiedsiurbysLithuanian
  • CeramhoningvogelDutch
  • globlomsterfuglNorwegian
  • kwiatówka buraPolish
  • pica-flor-cinzentoPortuguese
  • Пепельный цветоедRussian
  • Молуккский цветоедRussian
  • bobuliar popolavýSlovak
  • Pepeljasta cvetarkaSerbian
  • seramblomsterpickareSwedish
  • Kül Rengi ÖksekuşuTurkish
  • квіткоїд молуцькийUkrainian
  • 灰啄花鸟Chinese
  • 摩鹿加灰啄花Chinese

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Relatives of the ashy flowerpecker

Other species in the same genus Dicaeum.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the ashy flowerpecker?

An adult ashy flowerpecker weighs 8.94 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the ashy flowerpecker endangered?

The ashy flowerpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What does the ashy flowerpecker eat?

Its recorded main food is fruit, mistletoe and nectar.

What kind of animal is the ashy flowerpecker?

The ashy flowerpecker (Dicaeum vulneratum) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{ashy_flowerpecker_2026,
  title = {Ashy flowerpecker (Dicaeum vulneratum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ashy-flowerpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}