Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum)

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.

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) [XC291022]
by Frank Lambert from Chupukama Ridge Guadalcanal 1400m, Solomon Islands (call, territorial dispute?)

Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum) [XC171090]
by Niels Krabbe from Tavu, Torokina, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (call, song)

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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