Grey-sided flowerpecker | |
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Male at Manado, North Sulawesi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Dicaeidae |
Genus: | Dicaeum |
Species: | D. celebicum |
Binomial name | |
Dicaeum celebicum Müller, 1843 |
The grey-sided flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The grey-sided flowerpecker has four subspecies:
Prior to June 2014, a fifth subspecies, D. c. kuehni was recognized. However, genetic analsysis suggested it was actually a distinct species, Dicaeum kuehni. The species lives in the Wakatobi archipelago.