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Midget flowerpecker

Dicaeum aeneum Pucheran, 1853

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The midget flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum) is a species in the family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 8.83 g to 9.55 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Midget flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum)
Photo: William Matthew Hart · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the midget flowerpecker

Weight
8.83 g – 9.55 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
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 midget flowerpecker live?

Not recorded

What is the midget flowerpecker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The midget flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The females have dark wings with a white and yellow stomach. The males have the same features but have a red upper chest. Their call is a short and high-pitched tik-tik-tik. This species does not migrate and has inhabited the Solomon Islands since 1900. The number of midget flowerpeckers is unknown, but they are a stable species.

From the Wikipedia article “Midget flowerpecker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Midget_flowerpecker&oldid=1358739966), 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 midget flowerpecker endangered?

The midget 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 midget flowerpecker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicaeidae
  6. genusDicaeum
  7. SpeciesDicaeum aeneum Pucheran, 1853
Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Solomon flowerpeckerEnglish
  • Solomon Islands flowerpeckerEnglish
  • Solomons flowerpeckerEnglish
  • نقار الزهر القزمArabic
  • picaflors de les illes SalomóCatalan
  • květozob šalamounskýCzech
  • květozob šalomounskýCzech
  • pigwr blodau yr Ynysoedd SolomonWelsh
  • Dværg BlomsterpikkerDanish
  • SalomonenmistelfresserGerman
  • BronzemistelfresserGerman
  • salomona dikeoEsperanto
  • Picaflores de las SalomónSpanish
  • salomoninkukastajaFinnish
  • Dicée des SalomonFrench
  • olovastoleđa imelašicaCroatian
  • törpevirágjáróHungarian
  • Beccafiore nanoItalian
  • ソロモンハナドリJapanese
  • saliamoninis žiedsiurbysLithuanian
  • SalomonshoningvogelDutch
  • SalomonseilandenhoningvogelDutch
  • salomonblomsterfuglNorwegian
  • kwiatówka drobnaPolish
  • pica-flor-das-salomãoPortuguese
  • Бронзовый цветоедRussian
  • bobuliar bronzovýSlovak
  • Patuljasta cvetarkaSerbian
  • salomonblomsterpickareSwedish
  • Solomon ÖksekuşuTurkish
  • квіткоїд малийUkrainian
  • 侏啄花Chinese
  • 所罗门啄花鸟Chinese
  • 所羅門啄花Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the midget 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 midget flowerpecker?

An adult midget flowerpecker weighs 8.83 g – 9.55 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the midget flowerpecker endangered?

The midget 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 midget flowerpecker?

The midget flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Midget flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/midget-flowerpecker

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BibTeX
@misc{midget_flowerpecker_2026,
  title = {Midget flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/midget-flowerpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}