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Legge's flowerpecker

Dicaeum vincens (P. L. Sclater, 1872)

NTNear Threatenedsongbirds

The legge's flowerpecker (Dicaeum vincens) is a species in the family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 8.46 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Legge's flowerpecker (Dicaeum vincens)
Photo: Sandhillcrane · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the legge's flowerpecker

Weight
8.46 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
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the legge's flowerpecker

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Legge's flowerpecker (Dicaeum vincens)
John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the legge's flowerpecker live?

Not recorded

What is the legge's flowerpecker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Legge's flowerpecker (Pachyglossa vincens), also known as the white-throated flowerpecker, is a small passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae. It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka. It is named after the Australian ornithologist William Vincent Legge. This species was formerly placed in the genus Dicaeum.

The Legge's flowerpecker is a common resident breeding bird of forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens. Two eggs are laid in a purse-like nest suspended from a tree.

From the Wikipedia article “Legge's flowerpecker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legge%27s_flowerpecker&oldid=1371983647), 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 legge's flowerpecker endangered?

The legge's flowerpecker is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the legge's flowerpecker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicaeidae
  6. genusDicaeum
  7. SpeciesDicaeum vincens (P. L. Sclater, 1872)

Synonyms Pachyglossa vincens, Prionochilus vincens

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • White-throated flowerpeckerEnglish
  • White-throated flowerpeckerEnglish
  • picaflors de Sri LankaCatalan
  • květozob srílanskýCzech
  • pigwr blodau gyddfwynWelsh
  • Sri Lanka-blomsterpikkerDanish
  • Weißkehl-MistelfresserGerman
  • Picaflores CingalésSpanish
  • srilankankukastajaFinnish
  • Dicée de CeylanFrench
  • cejlonska imelašicaCroatian
  • Beccafiore golabiancaItalian
  • セイロンハナドリJapanese
  • baltagurklis žiedsiurbysLithuanian
  • hvitbrystblomsterfuglNorwegian Bokmål
  • Ceylonese HoningvogelDutch
  • kwiatówka białogardłaPolish
  • pica-flor-cingalêsPortuguese
  • pica-flor-do-ceilãoPortuguese
  • Белогорлый цветоедRussian
  • bobuliar bielohrdlýSlovak
  • ceylonblomsterpickareSwedish
  • квіткоїд цейлонськийUkrainian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the legge's flowerpecker

Other species in the same genus Dicaeum.

CompareLegge's flowerpecker vs Scarlet-backed flowerpeckerLegge's flowerpecker vs Pale-billed flowerpeckerLegge's flowerpecker vs Thick-billed flowerpeckerLegge's flowerpecker vs Yellow-vented flowerpecker

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the legge's flowerpecker?

An adult legge's flowerpecker weighs 8.46 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the legge's flowerpecker endangered?

The legge's flowerpecker is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the legge's flowerpecker?

The legge's flowerpecker (Dicaeum vincens) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Legge's flowerpecker (Dicaeum vincens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/legges-flowerpecker

MLA

“Legge's flowerpecker (Dicaeum vincens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/legges-flowerpecker.

BibTeX
@misc{legges_flowerpecker_2026,
  title = {Legge's flowerpecker (Dicaeum vincens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/legges-flowerpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}