Grey-sided flowerpecker
Grey-sided flowerpecker | |
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Male at Manado, North Sulawesi | |
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
The grey-sided flowerpecker has four subspecies:[2][3]
- D. c. talautense, endemic to Talaud Islands
- D. c. sanghirense, endemic to Sangihe and Siau Island
- D. c. celebicum, endemic to Sulawesi, Manadotua, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian, Muna and Butung
- D. c. sulaense, endemic to Sula Islands and Banggai Islands
Prior to June 2014, a fifth subspecies, 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
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Male -
Juvenile -
feeding on Muntingia calabura fruit -
Compared to Dicaeum kuehni
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Dicaeum celebicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 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 9: e98694. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098694. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
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