THE VERY RARE
SPECTACLED FLOWERPECKER
G'day folks,
Welcome to a very rare bird.
First spotted in the lowland forests of
Borneo, Malaysia, in 2009, the spectacled flowerpecker is a unique bird
that eluded description for over a decade. Researchers weren’t certain
about it and hence the fruit-loving passerine bird had a sense of wonder
and mystery about it.
A decade later, in 2019, scientists were eventually able to identify the
unobtrusive little bird as Dicaeum dayakorum or the spectacled
flowerpecker.
At just two inches in height, drab in color and having
only faint white markings around its eyes, this bird is hard to spot.
The species belongs to Dicaeidae, which is a family of fruit-eating
passerine birds found in tropical southern Asia and Australia. The
spectacled flowerpecker is not closely related to any of the other
flowerpecker species.
Clancy's comment: What a survivor!
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