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Did you know... that the Wakatobi flowerpecker(pictured), originally classified as a species in 1903, was changed to a subspecies for unknown reasons, and in 2014 was re-described as a distinct species?
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A comparison of plumage characteristics between
grey-sided flowerpeckers (Dicaeum celebicum) from mainland
Sulawesi (top) and Wakatobi flowerpeckers (Dicaeum kuehni) from the
Wakatobi archipelago (bottom); male flowerpeckers are on the left and females on the right. The Wakatobi flowerpecker was long considered a subspecies of the grey-sided flowerpecker, but it was reclassified in 2014.Photograph: Seán B. A. Kelly, David J. Kelly, Natalie Cooper, Andi Bahrun, Kangkuso Analuddin, Nicola M. Marples