Grey-sided flowerpecker

Grey-sided flowerpecker
Male at Manado, North Sulawesi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species: D. celebicum
Binomial name
Dicaeum celebicum
Müller, 1843

The grey-sided flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum) is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Subspecies and distribution

Grey-sided flowerpecker have four subspecies:[2][3]

  1. D. c. talautense, endemic to Talaud Islands
  2. D. c. sanghirense, endemic to Sangihe and Siau Island
  3. D. c. celebicum, endemic to Sulawesi, Manadotua, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian, Muna and Butung
  4. D. c. sulaense, endemic to Sula Islands and Banggai Islands

Prior to June 2014, a fifth subsubspecies, D. c. kuehni was recognized. However, genetic analsysis suggested it was actually a distinct species, Dicaeum kuehni. The species lives in the Wakatobi archipelago.[3]

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Dicaeum celebicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson (2013). The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kelly, Sean; Kelly, David; Cooper, Natalie; Andi, Bahrun; Analuddin, Kangkuso; Marples, Nicola (June 4, 2014). "Molecular and Phenotypic Data Support the Recognition of the Wakatobi Flowerpecker (Dicaeum kuehni) from the Unique and Understudied Sulawesi Region". PLOS One. Retrieved June 6, 2014.