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title: "Pica-flores-de-peito-vermelho"
description: "Dicaeum hirundinaceum — Aves. The mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum), also known as the mistletoe flowerpecker, is a species of flowerpecker native to most of Australia (though absent from Tasmania and the driest desert areas) and also to the eastern Maluku Islands of Indonesia in the Arafura Sea between Australia and New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/mistletoebird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pica-flores-de-peito-vermelho

> Dicaeum hirundinaceum — Aves. The mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum), also known as the mistletoe flowerpecker, is a species of flowerpecker native to most of  Australia (though absent from Tasmania and the driest desert areas) and also to the eastern Maluku Islands of Indonesia in the Arafura Sea between Australia and New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Dicaeum hirundinaceum*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4715
- Wikidata: [Q538383](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538383)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13388](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13388)

## Names

- en: Mistletoebird
- de: Rotsteißmistelfresser
- es: Picaflores Golondrina
- fr: Dicée hirondelle
- nl: Roodstuithoningvogel
- pt: Pica-flores-de-peito-vermelho
- pl: Kwiatówka różowa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4521)

## Summary

The mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum), also known as the mistletoe flowerpecker, is a species of flowerpecker native to most of  Australia (though absent from Tasmania and the driest desert areas) and also to the eastern Maluku Islands of Indonesia in the Arafura Sea between Australia and New Guinea. The mistletoebird eats mainly the berries of the parasitic mistletoe and is a vector for the spread of the mistletoe's seeds through its digestive system.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistletoebird

## Photo

![Pica-flores-de-peito-vermelho](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mistletoebird/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210008486

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mistletoebird?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).