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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
29/03/2024 11:33:57 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Midget Flowerpecker*
Id (Atlas):
Dicaeum aeneum
Description (10 )
Midget Flowerpecker
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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.
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)... )
Listen to XC543547
Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum ) [XC543547 ]
by Iain Woxvold from Kunua, lower Aiope R, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (call)
Listen to XC283802
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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Midget Flowerpecker see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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