Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trochileum) [XC287078]
by id from Payangan, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia (call)
Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trochileum) [XC388224]
by Panji Gusti Akbar from Meru Petiri National Park Java, Indonesia (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.