Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae) - HBW 13
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma)
French: Dicée à ventre orange
German: Orangebauch-Mistelfresser
Spanish: Picaflores Ventrinaranja
Other common names: Orange-breasted Flowerpecker (“dorsale subgroup”); Sulu Flowerpecker (“sibutuense subgroup”)
Taxonomy: Certhia trigonostigma Scopoli, 1786, China [i.e. Malaysia] = Malacca, Peninsular Malaysia.
Tongue morphology similar to that of D. erythrothorax, D. pygmaeum, D. aeneum, D. sanguinolentum and D. cruentatum, although one specimen exhibits a unique variation. Geographical variation considerable, some of it well marked. Races fall into two groups, “dorsale group” in Philippines and “nominate group” in rest of range; former can be divided into four subgroups, namely “dorsale subgroup” (from Luzon to W Visayan Is, excluding islands in Sibuyan Sea), “sibuyanicum subgroup” (isl.. View all taxonomy...
Tongue morphology similar to that of D. erythrothorax, D. pygmaeum, D. aeneum, D. sanguinolentum and D. cruentatum, although one specimen exhibits a unique variation. Geographical variation considerable, some of it well marked. Races fall into two groups, “dorsale group” in Philippines and “nominate group” in rest of range; former can be divided into four subgroups, namely “dorsale subgroup” (from Luzon to W Visayan Is, excluding islands in Sibuyan Sea), “sibuyanicum subgroup” (islands in Sibuyan Sea), “cinereigulare subgroup” (E Visayan Is S to Mindanao), and “sibutuense subgroup” (Sulu Archipelago). Nominate race intergrades with rubropygium in S peninsular Thailand. Race cnecolaemum doubtfully distinct from intermedium, and antioproctum possibly better subsumed in nominate. Other proposed races are croceoventre (described from Sumatra), melanthe (Lasia I, off NW Sumatra), lyprum (Nias I, off W Sumatra), tanamassae (Tanahmasa, in Batu Is, off W Sumatra), pagense (South Pagai I, off W Sumatra) and hypochloum (Siantan, in Anamba Is, E of Peninsular Malaysia), all synonymized with nominate, and hanadori (Siasi, in Sulu Archipelago), merged with assimile. Seventeen subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rubropygium Stuart Baker, 1921 - NE India (E Assam), Bangladesh (including Sundarbans), SW, SE & S Myanmar S to S peninsular Thailand.
- trigonostigma (Scopoli, 1786) - S peninsular Thailand (S from Trang) and Peninsular Malaysia, Anamba Is, Riau Archipelago, Lingga Archipelago, Sumatra and satellites (except Simeulue) and Karimata I (off SW Borneo).
- antioproctum Oberholser, 1912 - Simeulue I, off NW Sumatra.
- rubropygium Stuart Baker, 1921 - NE India (E Assam), Bangladesh (including Sundarbans), SW, SE & S Myanmar S to S peninsular Thailand.
- trigonostigma (Scopoli, 1786) - S peninsular Thailand (S from Trang) and Peninsular Malaysia, Anamba Is, Riau Archipelago, Lingga Archipelago, Sumatra and satellites (except Simeulue) and Karimata I (off SW Borneo).
- antioproctum Oberholser, 1912 - Simeulue I, off NW Sumatra.
- dayakanum Chasen & Kloss, 1929 - Borneo (including islands off N coast).
- megastoma E. J. O. Hartert, 1918 - Natuna Is.
- flaviclunis E. J. O. Hartert, 1918 - Java, Bali and Krakatau.
- xanthopygium Tweeddale, 1877 - Luzon, Polillo Is, Mindoro and Marinduque, in N Philippines.
- dorsale Sharpe, 1876 - Panay, Masbate and Negros, in WC Philippines.
- cnecolaemum Parkes, 1989 - Tablas (NC Philippines).
- intermedium Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - Romblon (NC Philippines).
- sibuyanicum Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - Sibuyan (NC Philippines).
- pallidius Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - Cebu (Nug-as), in EC Philippines.
- cinereigulare Tweeddale, 1878 - Samar, Calicoan, Biliran, Leyte, Bohol and Mindanao, in E & S Philippines.
- besti Steere, 1890 - Siquijor (S of Bohol).
- isidroi Rand & Rabor, 1969 - Camiguin Sur (N of Mindanao).
- assimile Bourns & Worcester, 1894 - C Sulu Archipelago (Jolo, Siasi, Tawi-Tawi).
- sibutuense Sharpe, 1893 - SW Sulu Archipelago (Sipangkot, Omapoy, Sibutu).
- Least Concern
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A ventral view of a bird on a twig, looking down. Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp trigonostigma)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 August 2006 42 weeks ago 34 sec 4.2 -
A male eating berries in the rain Danum Valley, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp dayakanum)
Keith Blomerley 20 September 2001 2 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A male perched on a twig, looking around. Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp trigonostigma)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 August 2006 42 weeks ago 28 sec 4 -
A male feeding in a tree Khao Sok National Park, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp rubropygium)
Brooke Clibbon 12 January 2005 3 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A male eating a fruit Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines (ssp cinereigulare)
Luc Fazio 10 February 2004 1 year ago 27 sec 3.6 -
A male feeding on fruits and a front view of it perched Picop, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines (ssp cinereigulare)
Eldert Groenewoud 26 April 2007 2 years ago 15 sec 3.6
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Looking for banana Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand
dreyernp 23 January 2010 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
On Manukan Island, before the coast of Malaysian Borneo Borneo
Photo-ay 27 July 2006 14 weeks ago 3 -
An adult male perched on a power line. Khao Sok National Park, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp rubropygium)
Christophe Gouraud 2 December 2009 9 weeks ago 2.5
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