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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Passeriformes — theflowerpeckers .
Etymologies
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Examples
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(Nectarineidae) take the place of the humming-birds, and another small group, the flower-peckers (Dicaeidae), assist them.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Dicaeidae Black-sided flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum
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Family Common Name Species Columbidae Mindoro bleeding-heart Gallicolumba platenae* Columbidae Mindoro imperial-pigeon Ducula mindorensis* Cuculidae Black-hooded coucal Centropus steerii* Strigidae Mindoro scops-owl Otus mindorensis* Strigidae Mantanani scops-owl Otus mantananensis Bucconidae Mindoro hornbill Penelopides mindorensis* Pachycephalida Green-backed whistler Pachycephala albiventris Laniidae Mountain shrike Lanius validrostris* Turdidae Ashy thrush Zoothera cinerea Muscicapidae Luzon redstart Rhyacornis bicolor Dicaeidae Scarlet-collared flowerpecker Dicaeum retrocinctum An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
Mindoro rain forests 2007
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