Habitat
Primary lowland and foothill-forest, including edges and selectively logged areas, occasionally in adjacent coconut groves. From sea-level - 600 m.
Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta and Bacan (northern Moluccas).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat loss through clearance and fragmentation of forest, increased settlement and transmigration, conversion to agriculture, plantations, irrigation schemes, fuelwood-collection and mineral extraction, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Azure Dollarbird (Eurystomus azureus) [XC533452]
by Frank Lambert from Weda, Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia (call)
Azure Dollarbird (Eurystomus azureus) [XC106015]
by Frank Lambert from Binagara, Halmahera Island, Indonesia (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis), with which has sometimes been treated as conspecific. A breeding record of Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) from Loloda Is (off north-western Halmahera) provides additional support for their treatment as two separate species.
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) which is smaller with brownish head and mantle, greenish-blue wings and underparts.
References
See References.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet