Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum) - HBW 13, p. 384
French:
Dicée des Salomon
German: Bronzemistelfresser
Spanish: Picaflores de las
Salomón
Other common names: Solomon (Islands) Flowerpecker
Taxonomy: Dicaeum aeneum
Pucheran, 1853, San Jorge, near Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands.
Forms
a superspecies with D. nehrkorni, D. erythrothorax,
D. vulneratum, D. pectorale, D.
geelvinkianum, D. nitidum and D. eximium.
Up to 8% difference found between subspecies using mDNA markers.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aeneum Pucheran, 1853 - N & C Solomons (Buka, Bougainville, Fauro, Shortland, Choiseul, Santa Isabel, New Georgia Is, Buena Vista, Florida Is).
- becki E. J. O. Hartert, 1929 - Guadalcanal, in SW Solomons.
- malaitae Salomonsen, 1960 - Malaita I, in E Solomons.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male feeding on several ant plants. Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (ssp becki)
Josep del Hoyo 22 September 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 3
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A male in an ant plant.
Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (ssp becki)
Josep del Hoyo 22 September 2010 1 year ago 2.2
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Calls by one bird. Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp becki)
Josep del Hoyo 22 September 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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