Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Black-fronted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum igniferum) - HBW 13, p. 385
French:
Dicée porte-flamme
German: Rotkehl-Mistelfresser
Spanish: Picaflores Encendido
Other common names: Black-banded/Fire-tailed/Rusty Flowerpecker, Lesser
Sunda Flowerpecker
Taxonomy: Dicaeum
igniferum Wallace, 1864, Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands.
Forms
a superspecies with D. maugei. Races poorly differentiated;
species perhaps better considered monotypic. Two subspecies
tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- igniferum Wallace, 1864 - Sumbawa, Komodo and Flores, in W Lesser Sundas.
- cretum Rensch, 1929 - Pantar and Alor, in EC Lesser Sundas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in a tree moved by the wind. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp cretum)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 10 weeks ago 37 sec 3 -
A male in a tree, looking around. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp cretum)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 10 weeks ago 24 sec 3 -
A male in a tree, calling several times. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp cretum)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 10 weeks ago 35 sec 2.8
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A male in a tree.
Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp cretum)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 10 weeks ago 2
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Calls by a male in response to playback. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas
(ssp cretum)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 10 weeks ago 3.5
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