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Buru flowerpecker

Dicaeum erythrothorax Lesson, 1828

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The buru flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax) 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.

Buru flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax)
Photo: Iconographia Zoologica · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the buru flowerpecker

Weight
8.94 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the buru flowerpecker live?

Not recorded

What is the buru flowerpecker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Buru flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is restricted to Buru.

The Halmahera flowerpecker was until recently considered a subspecies.

From the Wikipedia article “Buru flowerpecker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buru_flowerpecker&oldid=1379929894), 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 buru flowerpecker endangered?

The buru 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 buru flowerpecker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicaeidae
  6. genusDicaeum
  7. SpeciesDicaeum erythrothorax Lesson, 1828

Synonyms Dicaeum erythrothorax erythrothorax

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Flame-breasted flowerpeckerEnglish
  • Flame-breasted flowerpeckerEnglish
  • Flame-breasted flowerpeckerEnglish
  • picaflors pit-roigCatalan
  • květozob moluckýCzech
  • pigwr blodau bronfflamgoch y DwyrainWelsh
  • Moluk BlomsterpikkerDanish
  • BurumistelfresserGerman
  • Buru-MistelfresserGerman
  • burua dikeoEsperanto
  • Picaflores de BuruSpanish
  • Picaflores PechirrojoSpanish
  • گلکوب سینهشعلهایPersian
  • burunkukastajaFinnish
  • valkokurkkukukastajaFinnish
  • Dicée à gorge blancheFrench
  • buruska imelašicaCroatian
  • Cabai dada-apiIndonesian
  • Beccafiore pettoflammeoItalian
  • ノドジロハナドリJapanese
  • rausvakrūtis žiedsiurbysLithuanian
  • BuruhoningvogelDutch
  • BoeroehoningvogelDutch
  • rødplettblomsterfuglNorwegian
  • kwiatówka ciemnogłowaPolish
  • بتی چھاتی پھل ٹھونگاWestern Panjabi
  • pica-flor-de-buruPortuguese
  • Буруанский цветоедRussian
  • Огненногрудый цветоедRussian
  • bobuliar tmavohlavýSlovak
  • Cvetarka sa ostrva BuruSerbian
  • burublomsterpickareSwedish
  • Buru ÖksekuşuTurkish
  • квіткоїд темноголовийUkrainian
  • 淡紅啄花Chinese
  • 淡红啄花鸟Chinese
  • 特克氏艷胸啄花Chinese

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Relatives of the buru flowerpecker

Other species in the same genus Dicaeum.

CompareBuru flowerpecker vs Scarlet-backed flowerpeckerBuru flowerpecker vs Pale-billed flowerpeckerBuru flowerpecker vs Thick-billed flowerpeckerBuru flowerpecker vs Yellow-vented flowerpecker

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the buru flowerpecker?

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

Is the buru flowerpecker endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the buru flowerpecker?

The buru flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Buru flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/buru-flowerpecker

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{buru_flowerpecker_2026,
  title = {Buru flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/buru-flowerpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}