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 LC    Grey-sided Flowerpecker* Id (Atlas):
    Dicaeum celebicum

Description (10)
Image of Grey-sided Flowerpecker
 

Other Names (World)
Grey-sided Flowerpecker, Gray-sided Flowerpecker, Black-sided Flowerpecker(!)

Family
Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Size
9 cm

First Described (Guide)
Müller, 1843

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia (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
Vocal. A thin, repeated chipping call, uttered at nest and in flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

 
Grey-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum) [XC203334]
     by Greg Irving from Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia (call)

 
Grey-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum) [XC152031]
     by Mike Nelson from Lolayan, Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus), Black-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum monticolum), Blood-breasted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum sanguinolentum) and Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) and all sometimes treated as conspecific. Particularly close to Black-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum monticolum). Subspecies talautense very distinctive and may warrant treatment as a separate species.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • sanghirense Salvadori, 1876   -  Sangihe Archipelago (Sangihe, possibly also Siau).
  • talautense Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1895   -  Talaud.
  • celebicum Müller, 1843   -  Sulawesi, including Manadotua, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian Is, Muna and Butung.
  • sulaense Sharpe, 1884   -  Banggai I and and Sula Archipelago.
  • kuehni Hartert, 1903   -  Tukangbesi Archipelago.



References
See References.


Files:
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