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Red-chested flowerpecker

Dicaeum maugei Lesson, 1830

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The red-chested flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei) is a species in the family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 8.46 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Red-chested flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei)
Photo: Meyer, 1884 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-chested 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
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red-chested flowerpecker live?

Not recorded

What is the red-chested flowerpecker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-chested flowerpecker or blue-cheeked flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is found on the Lesser Sunda Islands (namely Timor island). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-chested flowerpecker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-chested_flowerpecker&oldid=1379929097), 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 red-chested flowerpecker endangered?

The red-chested 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 red-chested flowerpecker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicaeidae
  6. genusDicaeum
  7. SpeciesDicaeum maugei Lesson, 1830

Synonyms Dicaeum macklotii

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Blue-cheeked flowerpeckerEnglish
  • Blue-cheeked flowerpeckerEnglish
  • picaflors de MaugéCatalan
  • květozob wallacejskýCzech
  • pigwr blodau brongoch y DwyrainWelsh
  • Wallacea BlomsterpikkerDanish
  • BlauwangenmistelfresserGerman
  • Blauwangen-MistelfresserGerman
  • ruĝbrusta dikeoEsperanto
  • Picaflores de MaugéSpanish
  • siniposkikukastajaFinnish
  • Dicée de MaugéFrench
  • malosundska imelašicaCroatian
  • kékarcú virágjáróHungarian
  • Cabai lombokIndonesian
  • Beccafiori guancebluItalian
  • Beccafiore pettorossoItalian
  • スンダハナドリJapanese
  • timorinis žiedsiurbysLithuanian
  • BlauwwanghoningvogelDutch
  • RoodborsthoningvogelDutch
  • praktblomsterfuglNorwegian
  • kwiatówka czarnogrzbietaPolish
  • pica-flor-de-peito-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Тиморский цветоедRussian
  • Трёхцветный цветоедRussian
  • bobuliar modrolíciSlovak
  • praktblomsterpickareSwedish
  • Mauge ÖksekuşuTurkish
  • квіткоїд чорноспиннийUkrainian
  • 藍頰啄花Chinese
  • 毛格氏紅頰啄花Chinese
  • 红颏啄花鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red-chested 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 red-chested flowerpecker?

An adult red-chested flowerpecker weighs 8.46 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-chested flowerpecker endangered?

The red-chested 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 red-chested flowerpecker?

The red-chested flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red-chested flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-chested-flowerpecker

MLA

“Red-chested flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-chested-flowerpecker.

BibTeX
@misc{red_chested_flowerpecker_2026,
  title = {Red-chested flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-chested-flowerpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}