Map of Borneo -- Spectacled Flowerpecker (IMAGE)

Smithsonian

Map of Borneo -- Spectacled Flowerpecker

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Marker "F" on this map of Borneo shows the region where the first formally described spectacled flowerpecker was discovered by a team of Smithsonian scientists and their collaborators. The map shows the island's forest regions shaded in green, with darkness of the shading indicating the elevation of these forests. The team's study, reported Oct. 17 in the journal <em>Zootaxa</em>, confirms that the bird belongs to a colorful family of fruit-eating birds known as flowerpeckers, which are found throughout tropical southern Asia, Australia and nearby islands.

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