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Dicaeum is a genus of birds in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae, a group of passerines tropical southern Asia and Australasia from India east to the Philippines and south to Australia.

The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.

1/ Plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum)
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2/ Fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)
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3/ Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
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4/ Orange-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) 
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5/ Nilgiri flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor)
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Fire-Breasted Flowerpecker
(Dicaeum ignipectus)
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The fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.
ignipectum / ignipectus: Latin ignis fire; pectus breast.

Nilgiri flowerpecker 
(Dicaeum concolor)
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The Nilgiri flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor) is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker family.
The bird is found in India, Myanmar, Laos, southern China, Vietnam.

The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.
concolor: Latin for uniform, plain.

Orange-bellied flowerpecker 
(Dicaeum trigonostigma) 
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The orange-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. 
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Brunei,Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.
trigonostigma Greek trigonos: triangular; stigma: mark.

Plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum)
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The plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum) is a bird in the family Dicaeidae.
The bird is found in the central Himalayas, through western Indonesia to Taiwan, from northeastern India, extending into Myanmar, Laos and southern China, Vietnam.

The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.
minullum: minulus very small.

Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker 
(Dicaeum cruentatum)
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The scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) is a species of passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae.

- Male has a stripe of scarlet color extending from the crown down its nape and back to its rump. The rest of the face and wing are glossy black.
- Female: olive gray upper body with a red rump.

The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.
cruentata / cruentatum / cruentatus Latin cruentatus: blood-stained.