Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Olive-capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum nigrilore) - HBW 13, p. 373
French: Dicèe à calotte olive
German: Olivkopf-Mistelfresser
Spanish: Picaflores de Mindanao
Taxonomy: Dicaeum nigrilore E. J. O. Hartert, 1904, Mount Apo, 3000 feet [c. 915 m], Mindanao, Philippines.
Has been thought perhaps to form a superspecies with D. aureolimbatum, with which it exhibits some plumage resemblances, but differs markedly in bill shape and tongue structure; indeed, tongue morphology of present species is unlike that of any other species examined. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigrilore E. J. O. Hartert, 1904 - mountains of W, C & S Mindanao, in S Philippines.
- diuatae Salomonsen, 1953 - E Mindanao (Mt Hilong-Hilong, Mt Pasian and Mt Puting Bato).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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one bird Locality Mount Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines (ssp nigrilore)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 May 2009 2 years ago 17 sec 3.2 -
one bird eating,going very deep inside the flower Locality Mount Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines (ssp nigrilore)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 May 2009 2 years ago 26 sec 3 -
one bird looking for food Locality Mount Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines (ssp nigrilore)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 May 2009 2 years ago 5 sec 3 -
looking for food Locality Mount Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines (ssp nigrilore)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 May 2009 2 years ago 9 sec 2
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bird on branch at about 1600m
Locality Mount Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 January 1997 1 year ago 2.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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