Grey-sided flowerpecker
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Grey-sided flowerpecker | |
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Male at Manado, North Sulawesi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Dicaeidae |
Genus: | Dicaeum |
Species: | D. celebicum
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Binomial name | |
Dicaeum celebicum Müller, 1843
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The grey-sided flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Taxonomy and systematics
The grey-sided flowerpecker has five subspecies recognized:[2]
- D. c. talautense - Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1895: Endemic to Talaud Islands
- D. c. sanghirense - Salvadori, 1876: Endemic to Sangihe and Siau Island
- D. c. celebicum - Müller, S, 1843: Endemic to Sulawesi, Manadotua, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian, Muna and Butung
- D. c. sulaense - Sharpe, 1884: Endemic to Sula Islands and Banggai Islands
- Wakatobi flowerpecker (D. c. kuehni) - Hartert, 1903: Considered by some authorities as a separate species. Found in the Wakatobi archipelago (south-east of Sulawesi)
Gallery
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Male
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Juvenile
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feeding on Muntingia calabura fruit
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Compared to Dicaeum kuehni
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Dicaeum celebicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22717575A131977100. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717575A131977100.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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