Flame-breasted Flowerpecker
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The Flame-breasted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax) is a species of bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the Maluku Islands
Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands are an archipelago that is part of Indonesia, and part of the larger Maritime Southeast Asia region. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone...

 in Indonesia
Indonesia
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. Its natural habitat
Habitat
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s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Forest
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s and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The nominate subspecies D. e. erythrothorax is restricted to Buru
Buru
Buru is the third largest island within Maluku Islands of Malay Archipelago. It lies between the Banda Sea to the south and Seram Sea to the north, west of Ambon and Seram islands. The island belongs to Maluku province of Indonesia and includes the Buru and South Buru regencies...

. The other subspecies D. e. schistaceiceps is found on Halmahera
Halmahera
Halmahera is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia.Halmahera has a land area of 17,780 km² and a population in 1995 of 162,728...

and nearby islands and is sometimes regarded as a separate species, the Halmahera Flowerpecker.
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