About the Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
The olive-crowned flowerpecker is a small passerine bird in the flowerpecker family, Dicaeidae. It is found in far western New Guinea and on adjacent islands.
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The olive-crowned flowerpecker is a small bird, 9 cm (3.5 in) in length and weighing 7–7.8 g (0.25–0.28 oz). Nominate males have olive green upperparts and crown, yellowish rumps, grey-green underparts, yellowish-white central abdomen and undertail coverts, white throats, and a large scarlet patch on breast. Females are similar to males, but lack the scarlet throat patch and have yellower center of abdomen and undertail coverts. Juveniles are similar to females, but have more olive underparts.
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Where the Olive-crowned Flowerpecker lives
When to see the Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
Peak activity in August · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Black-fronted FlowerpeckerDicaeum igniferumThe black-fronted flowerpecker is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae.
Olive-capped FlowerpeckerDicaeum nigriloreThe olive-capped flowerpecker is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae.
Fire-throated FlowerpeckerDicaeum luzonienseThe fire-throated flowerpecker is a species of bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae that is found in the Philippines except on the islands of Mindoro, the Palawan group and the Sulu Archipelago.
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