Grey-sided flowerpecker

Grey-sided flowerpecker

Male at Manado, North Sulawesi
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Dicaeidae
Genus:	Dicaeum
Species:	D. celebicum
Binomial name
*Dicaeum celebicum* Müller, 1843

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 forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Subspecies and distribution

The grey-sided flowerpecker has four subspecies:^[2]^[3]

D. c. talautense, endemic to Talaud Islands
D. c. sanghirense, endemic to Sangihe and Siau Island
D. c. celebicum, endemic to Sulawesi, Manadotua, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian, Muna and Butung
D. c. sulaense, endemic to Sula Islands and Banggai Islands

Prior to June 2014, a fifth subspecies, D. c. kuehni was recognized. However, genetic analsysis suggested it was actually a distinct species, Dicaeum kuehni. The species lives in the Wakatobi archipelago.^[3]

Gallery

Male
Juvenile
feeding on Muntingia calabura fruit
Compared to Dicaeum kuehni

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Dicaeum celebicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T22717575A39264907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22717575A39264907.en. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
↑ Clements, J. F.; T. S. Schulenberg; M. J. Iliff; B.L. Sullivan; C. L. Wood & D. Roberson (2013). The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
1 2 Kelly, Sean; Kelly, David; Cooper, Natalie; Andi, Bahrun; Analuddin, Kangkuso; Marples, Nicola (June 4, 2014). "Molecular and Phenotypic Data Support the Recognition of the Wakatobi Flowerpecker (Dicaeum kuehni) from the Unique and Understudied Sulawesi Region". PLOS ONE. 9: e98694. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098694. Retrieved June 6, 2014.

Dicaeidae (flowerpeckers)

Genus	Species

Dicaeum	Golden-rumped flowerpecker (D. annae) Thick-billed flowerpecker (D. agile) Striped flowerpecker (D. aeruginosum) Brown-backed flowerpecker (D. everetti) Whiskered flowerpecker (D. proprium) Yellow-vented flowerpecker (D. chrysorrheum) Yellow-bellied flowerpecker (D. melanoxanthum) Legge's flowerpecker (D. vincens) Yellow-sided flowerpecker (D. aureolimbatum) Olive-capped flowerpecker (D. nigrilore) Flame-crowned flowerpecker (D. anthonyi) Bicoloured flowerpecker (D. bicolor) Cebu flowerpecker (D. quadricolor) Red-keeled flowerpecker (D. australe) Black-belted flowerpecker (D. haematostictum) Scarlet-collared flowerpecker (D. retrocinctum) Orange-bellied flowerpecker (D. trigonostigma) Pale-billed flowerpecker (D. erythrorhynchos) Nilgiri flowerpecker (D. concolor) Plain flowerpecker (D. minullum) Andaman flowerpecker (D. virescens) Flame-breasted flowerpecker (D. erythrothorax) Halmahera flowerpecker (D. schistaceiceps) Buzzing flowerpecker (D. hypoleucum) Pygmy flowerpecker (D. pygmaeum) Crimson-crowned flowerpecker (D. nehrkorni) Ashy flowerpecker (D. vulneratum) Olive-crowned flowerpecker (D. pectorale) Red-capped flowerpecker (D. geelvinkianum) Louisiade flowerpecker (D. nitidum) Red-banded flowerpecker (D. eximium) Midget flowerpecker (D. aeneum) Mottled flowerpecker (D. tristrami) Black-fronted flowerpecker (D. igniferum) Blue-cheeked flowerpecker (D. maugei) Fire-breasted flowerpecker (D. ignipectus) Black-sided flowerpecker (D. monticolum) Grey-sided flowerpecker (D. celebicum) Blood-breasted flowerpecker (D. sanguinolentum) Mistletoebird (D. hirundinaceum) Scarlet-backed flowerpecker (D. cruentatum) Scarlet-headed flowerpecker (D. trochileum) Wakatobi flowerpecker (D. kuehni)

Prionochilus	Yellow-breasted flowerpecker (P. maculatus) Olive-backed flowerpecker (P. olivaceus) Crimson-breasted flowerpecker (P. percussus) Palawan flowerpecker (P. plateni) Scarlet-breasted flowerpecker (P. thoracicus) Yellow-rumped flowerpecker (P. xanthopygius)

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