Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)

Plain Flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor) - HBW 13, p. 380

French: Dicée concolore German: Einfarb-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores Sencillo
Other common names: Plain-coloured Flowerpecker; Olivaceous Flowerpecker (“minullum group”); Nilgiri Flowerpecker (concolor); Andaman Flowerpecker (virescens)

Taxonomy: Dicaeum concolor Jerdon, 1840, Malabar Coast, India.
Nominate race and virescens sometimes treated as two distinct species, with remaining races (“minullum group”) as a third species, on basis of markedly distinct morphological and, apparently, vocal differences. Geographical variation, however, generally rather subtle; uchidai could perhaps be included in olivaceum. Other proposed races are subflavum (described from Karnataka, in SW India) and unicolor (Palni Hills, in S India), both treated as synonyms of nominate, and inornatum (Nepal) and sinense (foothills of Omei Shan, Si.. View all taxonomy...

Subspecies and Distribution:

concolor Jerdon, 1840 - SW India (in Western Ghats).
olivaceum Walden, 1875 - Himalayan foothills from C Nepal E to NE India (Arunachal Pradesh, S to Assam, Nagaland and Manipur), E Bangladesh (Chittagongs), Myanmar, S China (Sichuan S to SE Xizang, Yunnan and Guangdong), Thailand and Indochina.
virescens Hume, 1873 - Andaman Is (Middle and South).

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concolor Jerdon, 1840 - SW India (in Western Ghats).
olivaceum Walden, 1875 - Himalayan foothills from C Nepal E to NE India (Arunachal Pradesh, S to Assam, Nagaland and Manipur), E Bangladesh (Chittagongs), Myanmar, S China (Sichuan S to SE Xizang, Yunnan and Guangdong), Thailand and Indochina.
virescens Hume, 1873 - Andaman Is (Middle and South).
borneanum Lönnberg, 1925 - Peninsula Malaysia (S from N Perlis and Penang), Sumatra, N Natuna Is and Borneo.
minullum Swinhoe, 1870 - Hainan I.
uchidai Nagamichi Kuroda, 1920 - Taiwan.
sollicitans E. J. O. Hartert, 1901 - Java (including Madura) and Bali.