Buzzing flowerpecker
Dicaeum hypoleucum Sharpe, 1876
The buzzing flowerpecker (Dicaeum hypoleucum) is a species in the family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 8 g to 8.13 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Quick facts about the buzzing flowerpecker
- Weight
- 8 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
- Not recorded
- 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 buzzing flowerpecker live?
Not recorded
What is the buzzing flowerpecker?
The buzzing flowerpecker (Dicaeum hypoleucum) or white-bellied flowerpecker is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forest and or tropical moist montane forest.
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Is the buzzing flowerpecker endangered?
The buzzing flowerpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 buzzing flowerpecker classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyDicaeidae
- genusDicaeum
- SpeciesDicaeum hypoleucum Sharpe, 1876
Other names and names in other languages (28)
- White-bellied flowerpeckerEnglish
- picaflors brunzidorCatalan
- květozob bzučivýCzech
- pigwr blodau torwynWelsh
- Filippinsk BlomsterpikkerDanish
- WeißbauchmistelfresserGerman
- Weißbauch-MistelfresserGerman
- blankventra dikeoEsperanto
- Picaflores zumbadorSpanish
- valkovatsakukastajaFinnish
- Dicée à ventre blancFrench
- srebrnastotrba imelašicaCroatian
- fehérhasú virágjáróHungarian
- Beccafiore panciabiancaItalian
- シロハラハナドリJapanese
- baltapilvis žiedsiurbysLithuanian
- WitbuikhoningvogelDutch
- lysbukblomsterfuglNorwegian
- kwiatówka białobrzuchaPolish
- pica-flor-de-barriga-brancaPortuguese
- Белобрюхий цветоедRussian
- bobuliar bzučivýSlovak
- Belotrba cvetarkaSerbian
- vitbukig blomsterpickareSwedish
- Ak Karınlı ÖksekuşuTurkish
- квіткоїд білочеревийUkrainian
- 白腹啄花Chinese
- 白腹啄花鸟Chinese
Relatives of the buzzing flowerpecker
Other species in the same genus Dicaeum.

Scarlet-backed flowerpecker
Dicaeum cruentatum

Pale-billed flowerpecker
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos

Thick-billed flowerpecker
Dicaeum agile

Yellow-vented flowerpecker
Dicaeum chrysorrheum

Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Fire-breasted flowerpecker
Dicaeum ignipectus
CompareBuzzing flowerpecker vs Scarlet-backed flowerpeckerBuzzing flowerpecker vs Pale-billed flowerpeckerBuzzing flowerpecker vs Thick-billed flowerpeckerBuzzing flowerpecker vs Yellow-vented flowerpecker
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the buzzing flowerpecker?
An adult buzzing flowerpecker weighs 8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the buzzing flowerpecker endangered?
The buzzing 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 buzzing flowerpecker?
The buzzing flowerpecker (Dicaeum hypoleucum) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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