Definitions
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- noun Any member of the family
Dicaeidae ofpasserine birds , many of which feed onnectar .
Etymologies
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Scientists think the flowerpecker is a canopy specialist, feeding off fruits high in tree canopies. green and yellow slug (Ibycus rachelae) was discovered on leaves in a mountain forest at altitudes up to 6,233 feet (1,900 meters) in Sabah, Malaysia.
Livescience.com 2010
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Scientists think the flowerpecker is a canopy specialist, feeding off fruits high in tree canopies. green and yellow slug (Ibycus rachelae) was discovered on leaves in a mountain forest at altitudes up to 6,233 feet (1,900 meters) in Sabah, Malaysia.
Livescience.com 2010
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Richard Webster The spectacled flowerpecker, awaiting formal scientific naming, eluded observation until recently, even though a scientific research station has been operating in its habitat for more than two decades.
Borneo 2010
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On Cebu, the recent rediscovery of several of the islands 'presumed-extinct species (most famously the Cebu flowerpecker), has focused community conservation activities by the Cebu Biodiversity Conservation Foundation on protecting the island's last few hectares of forest.
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Spectacled bird - Named because of its prominent eye-rings, the spectacled flowerpecker has a grey body with bright white arcs above and below its eyes, a white throat and white tufts at the breast sides.
Livescience.com 2010
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A new bird species discovered in Borneo: the spectacled flowerpecker
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They include a vivid flame-coloured bronzeback snake that can flare the back of its neck to reveal bright orange colours when threatened, a new bird named the spectacled flowerpecker, and a green and yellow slug with a tail three times the length of its head.
EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed Guardian: David Adam 2010
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The birding world is buzzing (or more aptly, chirping) with the news announced yesterday that a new species of bird, the spectacled flowerpecker, may have been found in
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They include a vivid flame-coloured bronzeback snake that can flare the back of its neck to reveal bright orange colours when threatened, a new bird named the spectacled flowerpecker, and a green and yellow slug with a tail three times the length of its head.
EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed Guardian: David Adam 2010
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Spectacled bird - Named because of its prominent eye-rings, the spectacled flowerpecker has a grey body with bright white arcs above and below its eyes, a white throat and white tufts at the breast sides.
Livescience.com 2010
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