Alternative name: Papuan Flowerpecker
- Dicaeum nitidum
Identification
9 cm.
- Dull red cap, brighter red rump
- Dark brownish-grey rest of upperparts, glossed blue and green
- Blackish-brown remiges, greenish edged
- Glossy blackish tail
- Greyish side of head
- Whitish chin and throat
- Bright red patch on breast
- Yellowish-olive rest of underparts, paler on central belly and undertail-coverts
- White pectoral tufts
- rosseli with glossed blue-green shoulders and more dark olive-green plumage
Females without red breast patch, juveniles without red on upperparts.
Distribution
Endemic on the Louisiade Archipelago, eastern Papua New Guinea.
A very poorly known restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies recognized:
- D. n. nitidum on Louisiade Archipelago (Tagula and Misima islands)
- D. n. rosseli on Rossel Isand (Louisiade Archipelago)
Forms a superspecies with Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker, Flame-breasted Flowerpecker, Ashy Flowerpecker, Olive-crowned Flowerpecker, Red-capped Flowerpecker, Red-banded Flowerpecker and Midget Flowerpecker.
Habitat
Moist lowland forest and secondary growth.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on fruits and spiders.
Forages singly or in pairs in the canopy.
Breeding
No information.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Louisiade Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Louisiade_Flowerpecker
