Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma)

Other Names (World)
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker, Orange-breasted Flowerpecker (dorsale subgroup), Sulu Flowerpecker (sibutuense subgroup)

Family
Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Size
9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Scopoli, 1786)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, mangrove forests.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Thailand.

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 (126)...)

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) [XC321265]
by Marc Anderson from PICOP, Bislig, Mindanao, Philippines (song)

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) [XC325414]
by Peter Boesman from Sri Phang Nga National Park, Khura Buri, Chang Wat Phang-nga, Thailand (call)

Subspecies
Tongue morphology similar to that of Pale-billed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos), Pygmy Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pygmaeum), Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum), Blood-breasted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum sanguinolentum) and Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum), although one specimen exhibits a unique variation. Geographical variation considerable, some of it well marked. Subspecies fall into two groups, "dorsale group" in Philippines and "nominate group" in rest of range. Former can be divided into four subgroups, namely "dorsale subgroup" (from Luzon to western Visayan Is, excluding islands in Sibuyan Sea), "sibuyanicum subgroup" (islands in Sibuyan Sea), "cinereigulare subgroup" (eastern Visayan Is south to Mindanao), and "sibutuense subgroup" (Sulu Archipelago). Nominate subspecies intergrades with rubropygium in southern peninsular Thailand. Subspecies cnecolaemum doubtfully distinct from intermedium, and antioproctum possibly better subsumed in nominate.

Other proposed subspecies are croceoventre (described from Sumatra), melanthe (Lasia I, off north-western Sumatra), lyprum (Nias I, off western Sumatra), tanamassae (Tanahmasa, in Batu Is, off western Sumatra), pagense (South Pagai I, off western Sumatra) and hypochloum (Siantan, in Anamba Is, east of Peninsular Malaysia), all synonymized with nominate, and hanadori (Siasi, in Sulu Archipelago), merged with assimile.

The following 18 subspecies are recognised:

rubropygium Baker, ECS, 1921 - North-eastern India (eastern Assam), Bangladesh (including Sundarbans), south-west, south-eastern and southern Myanmar south to S peninsular Thailand.
trigonostigma (Scopoli, 1786) - Southern peninsular Thailand (S from Trang) and Peninsular Malaysia, Anamba Is, Riau Archipelago, Lingga Archipelago, Sumatra and satellites (except Simeulue) and Karimata I (off south-western Borneo).
antioproctum Oberholser, 1912 - Simeulue I, off NW Sumatra.
dayakanum Chasen & Kloss, 1929 - Borneo (including islands off northern coast).
megastoma Hartert, 1918 - Natuna Is.
flaviclunis Hartert, 1918 - Java, Bali and Krakatau.
xanthopygium Tweeddale, 1877 - Luzon, Polillo Is, Mindoro and Marinduque, in northern Philippines.
dorsale Sharpe, 1876 - Panay, Masbate and Negros, in WC Philippines.
cnecolaemum Parkes, 1989 - Tablas (north-central Philippines).
intermedium Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - Romblon (NC Philippines).
sibuyanicum Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - Sibuyan (NC Philippines).
pallidius Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - Cebu (Nug-as), in east-central Philippines.
cinereigulare Tweeddale, 1878 - Samar, Calicoan, Biliran, Leyte, Bohol and Mindanao, in eastern and southern Philippines.
besti Steere, 1890 - Siquijor (south of Bohol).
isidroi Rand & Rabor, 1969 - Camiguin Sur (northern of Mindanao).
assimile Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - Central Sulu Archipelago (Jolo, Siasi, Tawi-Tawi).
sibutuense Sharpe, 1893 - South-western Sulu Archipelago (Sipangkot, Omapoy, Sibutu).
melanostigma Delacour, 1947 - Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung islands.

References
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