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 LC    Midget Flowerpecker* Id (Atlas):
    Dicaeum aeneum

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Midget Flowerpecker, Solomon Flowerpecker, Solomon Islands Flowerpecker

Family
Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Size
8 cm

First Described (Guide)
Pucheran, 1853

Habitat
Primary forest, forest edges, secondary growth, rural gardens.

Range (Guide)
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

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
A distinctive, repeated 'tik-tik-tik-tik'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

 
Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum) [XC543547]
     by Iain Woxvold from Kunua, lower Aiope R, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (call)

 
Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum) [XC283802]
     by Frank Lambert from Chupukama Ridge Guadalcanal 1400m, Solomon Islands (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum nehrkorni), Buru Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrothorax), Ashy Flowerpecker (Dicaeum vulneratum), Olive-crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pectorale), Louisiade Flowerpecker (Dicaeum nitidum), Red-banded Flowerpecker (Dicaeum eximium) and Red-capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum geelvinkianum).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • aeneum Pucheran, 1853   -  Northern and central Solomons (Buka, Bougainville, Fauro, Shortland, Choiseul, Santa Isabel, New Georgia Is, Buena Vista, Florida Is).
  • becki Hartert, 1929   -  Guadalcanal, in SW Solomons.
  • malaitae Salomonsen, 1960   -  Malaita I, in eastern Solomons.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum) - 10 files


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