Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
Photo: William Matthew Hart · Public domain

Flowerpeckers

Olive-crowned Flowerpecker

Dicaeum pectorale

LCLeast Concern
Family
Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The olive-crowned flowerpecker (Dicaeum pectorale) is a small passerine bird in the flowerpecker family, Dicaeidae. It is found in far western New Guinea and on adjacent islands.
It is a small bird, with males having olive upperparts, greyish-green underparts, a white throat and a scarlet breast patch. Females are similar to males, but lack the scarlet breast patch.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.