Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Grey-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum) - HBW 13, p. 387
French:
Dicée des Célèbes
German: Schwarzwangen-Mistelfresser
Spanish:
Picaflores de Célebes
Other common names: Black-sided Flowerpecker(!)
Taxonomy: Dicaeum
celebicum S. Müller, 1843, Sulawesi.
Forms
a superspecies with D. ignipectus, D. monticolum, D.
sanguinolentum and D. hirundinaceum; all sometimes treated
as conspecific. Particularly close to D. monticolum. Race
talautense very distinctive and may warrant treatment as a
separate species. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sanghirense Salvadori, 1876 - Sangihe Archipelago (Sangihe, possibly also Siau).
- talautense A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895 - Talaud.
- celebicum S. Müller, 1843 - Sulawesi, including Manadotua, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian Is, Muna and Butung.
- sanghirense Salvadori, 1876 - Sangihe Archipelago (Sangihe, possibly also Siau).
- talautense A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895 - Talaud.
- celebicum S. Müller, 1843 - Sulawesi, including Manadotua, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian Is, Muna and Butung.
- sulaense Sharpe, 1884 - Banggai I and and Sula Archipelago.
- kuehni E. J. O. Hartert, 1903 - Tukangbesi Archipelago.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male resting on a twig and flying away Locality Wuasa, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp celebicum)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 4.1 -
A male calling from a branch above. Locality Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp celebicum)
Keith Blomerley 14 August 2011 21 weeks ago 24 sec 3.7 -
A bird in a tree, calling. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp cebelicum)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2009 34 weeks ago 21 sec 3.3 -
A male in a dead tree, producing high-pitched calls Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp celebicum)
Josep del Hoyo 8 August 2007 4 years ago 31 sec 3.1 -
A calling bird in a bare tree. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp cebelicum)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2009 34 weeks ago 23 sec 3 -
A bird perched in a tree. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp cebelicum)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2009 34 weeks ago 13 sec 2.5
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A male foraging low in trees.
Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp celebicum)
David Beadle 25 October 2011 7 weeks ago 3.3
- No sound recordings available yet
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