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Mottled flowerpecker

Dicaeum tristrami Sharpe, 1884

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The mottled flowerpecker (Dicaeum tristrami) is a species in the family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 11.6 g to 11.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Mottled flowerpecker (Dicaeum tristrami)
Photo: William Matthew Hart · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the mottled flowerpecker

Weight
11.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc 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 mottled flowerpecker live?

Not recorded

What is the mottled flowerpecker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The mottled flowerpecker or white-mottled flowerpecker (Dicaeum tristrami) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to Makira in the Solomon Islands. It inhabits primary forest and secondary growth, most commonly in the mountains.

From the Wikipedia article “Mottled flowerpecker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mottled_flowerpecker&oldid=1358740257), 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 mottled flowerpecker endangered?

The mottled 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 mottled flowerpecker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicaeidae
  6. genusDicaeum
  7. SpeciesDicaeum tristrami Sharpe, 1884
Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • White-mottled flowerpeckerEnglish
  • White-mottled flowerpeckerEnglish
  • نقار الزهر المرقشArabic
  • picaflors de l'illa MakiraCatalan
  • květozob makirskýCzech
  • pigwr blodau San CristobalWelsh
  • Makira BlomsterpikkerDanish
  • MakiramistelfresserGerman
  • Tristram-MistelfresserGerman
  • TristrammistelfresserGerman
  • makira dikeoEsperanto
  • Picaflores de San CristóbalSpanish
  • makirankukastajaFinnish
  • sancristobalinkukastajaFinnish
  • Dicée de San CristobalFrench
  • ljuskastoglava imelašicaCroatian
  • Beccafiore maculatoItalian
  • サンクリストバルハナドリJapanese
  • sankristobalinis žiedsiurbysLithuanian
  • SancristobalblomsterfuglNorwegian Bokmål
  • MakirahoningvogelDutch
  • San-CristobalhoningvogelDutch
  • makirablomsterfuglNorwegian
  • kwiatówka nakrapianaPolish
  • pica-flor-de-makiraPortuguese
  • pica-flor-mosqueadoPortuguese
  • Цветоед ТристрамаRussian
  • Санкристобальский цветоедRussian
  • bobuliar čiernochvostýSlovak
  • makirablomsterpickareSwedish
  • Kırçıllı ÖksekuşuTurkish
  • квіткоїд сан-кристобальськийUkrainian
  • 杂色啄花鸟Chinese
  • 聖克托雜色啄花Chinese

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Relatives of the mottled 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 mottled flowerpecker?

An adult mottled flowerpecker weighs 11.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the mottled flowerpecker endangered?

The mottled 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 mottled flowerpecker?

The mottled flowerpecker (Dicaeum tristrami) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mottled flowerpecker (Dicaeum tristrami). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-flowerpecker

MLA

“Mottled flowerpecker (Dicaeum tristrami).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-flowerpecker.

BibTeX
@misc{mottled_flowerpecker_2026,
  title = {Mottled flowerpecker (Dicaeum tristrami)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-flowerpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}