Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae) - HBW 13
Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum)
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
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