Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker (Dicaeum retrocinctum)

Other Names (World)
Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker, Red-collared Flowerpecker, Mindoro Flowerpecker

Family
Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1872

Habitat
Closed canopy forest, secondary and logged forest, forest edge and occasionally well-cultivated areas, fruiting or flowering trees in forest patches and scrub. From sea-level - 1,000 m but occasionally up to 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Philippines (B) (NB).

Mindoro, Panay 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 through clearance by slash-and-burn agriculture, selective logging, dynamite blasting for marble, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song a series of thin, high-pitched, sweet notes. Call is a hard 'tup tup'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker (Dicaeum retrocinctum) [XC41080]
by Paul Noakes from Sablayan Penal Colony, Mindoro, Philippines (?)

Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker (Dicaeum retrocinctum) [XC345302]
by Albert Lastukhin from Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, MIMAROPA, Philippines (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Possibly part of the superspecies formed by Red-keeled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum australe) and Black-belted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum haematostictum), but differs from those in several characters.

References
See References.

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