Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trochileum)

Family
Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Size
8 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sparrman, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical moist shrubland. From sea-level - 600 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trochileum) [XC288488]
by Brendan Sloan from Serangan island (west), Bali, Indonesia (call)

Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trochileum) [XC152931]
by Bruno Durand from Sawangan, Bali, Indonesia (flight call)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum). Hybrid with Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) recorded in eastern Borneo (Samarinda). Subspecies stresemanni only weakly differentiated from nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

trochileum (Sparrman, 1789) - Bangka, southern Sumatra (Lampung), southern and eastern Borneo, Java (including Madura), Karimunjawa Is and Bawean (both north of Java), Kangean Is and Bali.
stresemanni Rensch, 1928 - Lombok.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trochileum) - 10 files

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