Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Bicoloured Flowerpecker (Dicaeum bicolor) - HBW 13, p. 373
French: Dicée bicolore
German: Zweifarben-Mistelfresser
Spanish: Picaflores Bicolor
Taxonomy: Prionochilus bicolor Bourns and Worcester, 1894, hills at back of Ayala, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines.
Forms a superspecies with D. quadricolor. Tongue morphology similar to that of D. agile, D. aureolimbatum and D. celebicum. Recent records on Panay probably refer to race viridissimum. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- inexpectatum (E. J. O. Hartert, 1895) - Luzon, Mindoro and Catanduanes, in N Philippines.
- viridissimum Parkes, 1971 - Guimaras, Negros and (probably this race) Panay, in C Philippines.
- bicolor (Bourns & Worcester, 1894) - Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Dinagat and Mindanao, in EC & S Philippines.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding in a fruit tree. Locality Luzon, Philippines (ssp inexpectatum)
Desmond Allen 3 years ago 24 sec 2.3
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bird in hand
Locality Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 October 2009 1 year ago 3.5
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