Black-belted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum haematostictum)

Other Names (World)
Black-belted Flowerpecker, Visayan Flowerpecker, Guimaras Flowerpecker, Red-keeled Flowerpecker

Family
Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1876

Habitat
Primary and secondary forests, heavily degraded forest, scrubby habitats and even gardens. From sea-level - 1,2500 m, but mainly below 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Philippines (B) (NB).

Panay, Guimaras and Negros, in west-central Philippines.

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

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is a series of thin, high-pitched, sweet notes. Call is a thin 'seep' interspersed with harder 'tup tup' notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Black-belted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum haematostictum) [XC97209]
by Ross Gallardy from Mount Kanlaon, Negros, Philippines (song)

Black-belted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum haematostictum) [XC320933]
by id from Valencia, Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, Philippines (song)

Subspecies
Dicaeum austral (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Red-keeled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum australe) and Black-belted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum haematostictum) following Brooks et al. (1992).

Forms a superspecies with Red-keeled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum australe), and sometimes considered conspecific. Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker (Dicaeum retrocinctum) may possibly be a part of same superspecies, but differs in several characters.

Proposed subspecies whiteheadi (described from Mt Canloan, on Negros) considered not distinguishable from birds elsewhere in range.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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