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- Dicaeum celebicum
Identification
9 cm, 3.5 inches
Male
- Crown and upperparts black with purple iridescence
- Blackish face
- White throat
- Bright red patch on lower throat and breast
- Belly yellowish-white with black central line
- Black-green flanks
- Off white undertail coverts
- Dark iris
- Dark brown beak
- Black legs
Female
- Grey-brown upperparts
- Whitish-grey on throat and breast
- Grey green flanks
- Centre of belly and vent dull yellowish-white
Juvenile
- Similar to female but darker underparts
- Greener on upper breast
- Darker, greyer throat
- Lighter beak
Distribution
Sulawesi, some adjacent islands, Banggai and Sulu islands and Talaud islands, Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 4 subspecies which make up the polytypic celebicum group:[1]
- D. c. celebicum:
- Manadotua, Bangka, Sulawesi, Lembeh, Togian, Muna and Butung Islands
- D. c. talautense:Male is paler, less shiny and more blue upperparts, evenly grey-black belly and flanks, female has darker underparts
- Talaud Island, north Moluccas
- D. c. sanghirense: Male has dark blue iridescence above, greyer-white belly, purer dark grey (less geen) flanks
- Sangihe and Siau islands, off northern Sulawesi
- D. c. sulaense: Male is lighter and more purplish-blue above than D. c. kuehni, dark grey-green flanks, greyish central stripe on belly
- Banggai and Sula Islands. (Taliabu, Mangole and Sanana)
And the monotypic D. c. kuehni: Male with more bluish-purple upperparts, lighter greyish-white belly and paler, greyer flanks
- Tukangbesi Archipelago (off Sulawesi)
