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[[Image:Bicolored_Flowerpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Romy+Ocon|Romy Ocon}}<br />Mount Makiling, Laguna Province, [[Philippines]], March 2005]]
[[Image:Bicolored_Flowerpecker.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Romy+Ocon|Romy Ocon}}]]
 
 
;[[:category:Dicaeum|Dicaeum]] bicolor
 
;[[:category:Dicaeum|Dicaeum]] bicolor
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
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[[Image:10256IMG 0787.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Romy+Ocon|Romy Ocon}}<br />Mount Makiling, Laguna Province, [[Philippines]], March 2005]]
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9 cm<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Black top of head (extends below eye)
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*Black upperparts and tail
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*Silvery-white underparts
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Philippines]].
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South-east [[Asia]]: endemic to the [[Philippines]].
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
There are  3 subspecies
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====Subspecies====
* ''D. b. bicolor''
 
* ''D. b. inexpectatum''
 
* ''D. b. viridissimum''
 
  
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There are  3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''D. b. inexpectatum'':
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:*Northern [[Philippines]] (Luzon, Mindoro and Catanduanes)
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*''D. b. viridissimum'':
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:*Central [[Philippines]] (Negros and Guimaras)
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*''D. b. bicolor'':
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:*Southern [[Philippines]] (Bohol, Leyte, Dinagat, Mindanao and Samar)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist lowland forests.
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Uncommon in forest canopy below 1000 m.
 
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
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====Diet====
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There is not a lot of information, but they are most likely to eat fruit, pollen and mistletoe nectar.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Dicaeum+bicolor}}  
 
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[[Category:Birds]][[category:Dicaeum]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[category:Dicaeum]]

Latest revision as of 11:24, 29 January 2022

Male
Photo © by Romy Ocon
Mount Makiling, Laguna Province, Philippines, March 2005
Dicaeum bicolor

Identification

Female
Photo © by Romy Ocon
Mount Makiling, Laguna Province, Philippines, March 2005

9 cm
Male

  • Black top of head (extends below eye)
  • Black upperparts and tail
  • Silvery-white underparts

Distribution

South-east Asia: endemic to the Philippines.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • D. b. inexpectatum:
  • D. b. viridissimum:
  • D. b. bicolor:
  • Southern Philippines (Bohol, Leyte, Dinagat, Mindanao and Samar)

Habitat

Uncommon in forest canopy below 1000 m.

Behaviour

Diet

There is not a lot of information, but they are most likely to eat fruit, pollen and mistletoe nectar.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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