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Fire-breasted flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus (Blyth, 1843)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus) is a species in the family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 5.72 g to 6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)
Photo: Lip Kee Yap · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the fire-breasted flowerpecker

Weight
5.72 g – 6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4src 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 fire-breasted flowerpecker live?

Not recorded

What is the fire-breasted flowerpecker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like other flowerpeckers, this tiny bird feeds on fruits and plays an important role in the dispersal of fruiting plants. Unlike many other species in the genus, this species has marked sexual dimorphism with the male having contrasting upper and lower parts with a distinctive bright orange breast patch. The female is dull coloured.

From the Wikipedia article “Fire-breasted flowerpecker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fire-breasted_flowerpecker&oldid=1322140822), 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 fire-breasted flowerpecker endangered?

The fire-breasted 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 fire-breasted flowerpecker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicaeidae
  6. genusDicaeum
  7. SpeciesDicaeum ignipectus (Blyth, 1843)

Synonyms Dicaeum cyanonotum, Myzanthe ignipectus

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • picaflors pit de focCatalan
  • květozob indomalajskýCzech
  • pigwr blodau bronfflamgoch y GorllewinWelsh
  • Ildbryst BlomsterpikkerDanish
  • FeuerbrustmistelfresserGerman
  • Feuerbrust-MistelfresserGerman
  • flambrusta dikeoEsperanto
  • Picaflores pechofuegoSpanish
  • teräskukastajaFinnish
  • Dicée à gorge feuFrench
  • blistavoleđa imelašicaCroatian
  • Cabai perut-kuningIndonesian
  • Beccafiore pettoigneoItalian
  • ハナドリJapanese
  • raudonkrūtis žiedsiurbysLithuanian
  • sarkankrūšu ziedputnsLatvian
  • अग्निवक्ष पुष्पकोकिलNepali
  • Indische HoningvogelDutch
  • juvelblomsterfuglNorwegian
  • kwiatówka ognistaPolish
  • اگ چھاھتی پھل ٹھونگاWestern Panjabi
  • pica-flor-flamejantePortuguese
  • pica-flor-de-peito-flamejantePortuguese
  • Алогрудый цветоедRussian
  • Огненногрудый цветоедRussian
  • bobuliar ohnivoprsýSlovak
  • orientblomsterpickareSwedish
  • นกกาฝากอกเพลิงThai
  • Alev Göğüslü ÖksekuşuTurkish
  • квіткоїд червоноволийUkrainian
  • Chim sâu ngực đỏVietnamese
  • 紅胸啄花Chinese
  • 红胸啄花鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the fire-breasted 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 fire-breasted flowerpecker?

An adult fire-breasted flowerpecker weighs 5.72 g – 6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the fire-breasted flowerpecker endangered?

The fire-breasted 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 fire-breasted flowerpecker?

The fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{fire_breasted_flowerpecker_2026,
  title = {Fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fire-breasted-flowerpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}