- Dicaeum trigonostigma
Identification
8–9 cm (3-3½ in)
- Dark blue head, neck, upper mantle, wings and tail
- Yellowish-orange back and underparts
Distribution
South Asia: Bangladesh
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Bali
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 18 subspecies[1]:
- D.t.rubropygium: North East India (Assam) to southern Burma and peninsular Thailand
- D.t.trigonostigma: Malay Peninsula to Singapore, Sumatra and satellite islands
- D.t.melanostigma: Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung islands
- D.t.antioproctum: Simeulue Island (off Sumatra)
- D.t.megastoma: Great Natuna Island (North Natuna Islands)
- D.t.flaviclunis: Krakatoa Island, Java and Bali
- D.t.dayakanum: Borneo and adjacent offshore northern islands
- D.t.xanthopygium: North Philippines (Luzon, Marinduque, Mindoro and Polillo)
- D.t.intermedium: North Philippines (Romblon)
- D.t.cnecolaemum: North Philippines (Tablas)
- D.t.sibuyanicum: North Philippines (Sibuyan)
- D.t.dorsale: Central Philippines (Masbate, Panay and Negros)
- D.t.besti: South [Philippines]] (Siquijor)
- D.t.cinereigulare: Philippines (Mindanao, Samar, Leyte, Calicoan, Biliran and Bohol)
- D.t.pallidius: Central Philippines (Cebu)
- D.t.isidroi: South Philippines (Camiguin Sur)
- D.t.assimile: Sulu Archipelago (Tawitawi, Jolo and Siasi)
- D.t.sibutuense: Sulu Archipelago (Sibutu, Omapoy and Sipangkot)
Habitat
They live in a variety of forests including dipterocarp, lower montane, lowland and highland heath, peatswamp; found mostly in forest edges at various altitudes, for instance from mangrove swamps north of Kota Kinabalu and also on the slopes of Mt Kinabalu at a height of 600 - 700 ft
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of a variety of fruit.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2018)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Orange-bellied Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Orange-bellied_Flowerpecker
