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 LC    Louisiade Flowerpecker* Id (Atlas):
    Dicaeum nitidum

Description (6)
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Other Names (World)
Louisiade Flowerpecker, Papuan Flowerpecker

Family
Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Size
9 cm

First Described (Guide)
Tristram, 1889

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Papua New Guinea (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

 
Louisiade Flowerpecker (Dicaeum nitidum) [XC376049]
     by William Goulding from Damunu, Rossel I, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

 
Louisiade Flowerpecker (Dicaeum nitidum) [XC620534]
     by id from Base of Mt Rui, Sudest\/Tagula, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum nehrkorni), Buru Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax), Ashy Flowerpecker (Dicaeum vulneratum), Olive-crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pectorale), Red-capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum geelvinkianum), Red-banded Flowerpecker (Dicaeum eximium) and Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum). Could be treated as conspecific with Olive-crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pectorale) and/or Red-capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum geelvinkianum).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • nitidum Tristram, 1889   -  Louisiade Archipelago (Misima I, Tagula I), off south-eastern New Guinea.
  • rosseli Rothschild & Hartert, 1914   -  Rossel I, in eastern Louisiades.



References
See References.


Files:
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