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 LC    Bicoloured Flowerpecker* Id (Atlas):
    Dicaeum bicolor

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Bicoloured Flowerpecker, Bicolored Flowerpecker, Bi-colored Flowerpecker, Bi-coloured Flowerpecker

Family
Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Size
8.50 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourns & Worcester, 1894)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)
Philippines (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

 
Bicolored Flowerpecker (Dicaeum bicolor) [XC624682]
     by Frank Lambert from Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, MIMAROPA, Philippines (call)

 
Bicolored Flowerpecker (Dicaeum bicolor) [XC616194]
     by Frank Lambert from Near waterfall trail, Samar National Park, Eastern Visayas, Philippines (call, trill)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Cebu Flowerpecker (Dicaeum quadricolor). Tongue morphology similar to that of Thick-billed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile), Yellow-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aureolimbatum) and Grey-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum). Recent records on Panay probably refer to subspecies viridissimum.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • inexpectatum (Hartert, 1895)   -  Luzon, Mindoro and Catanduanes, in northern Philippines.
  • viridissimum Parkes, 1971   -  Guimaras, Negros and (probably this race) Panay, in central ­Philippines.
  • bicolor (Bourns & Worcester, 1894)   -  Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Dinagat and Mindanao, in east-central and southern Philippines.



References
See References.


Files:
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