Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Red-capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum geelvinkianum) - HBW 13, p. 383
French:
Dicée de Geelvink
German: Rotkappen-Mistelfresser
Spanish: Picaflores
Capirrojo
Other common names: Geelvink/Papuan Flowerpecker
Taxonomy: Dicaeum
geelvinkianum A. B. Meyer, 1874, Yapen Island, Geelvink Bay, New
Guinea.
Forms
a superspecies with D. nehrkorni, D. erythrothorax,
D. vulneratum, D. pectorale, D.
nitidum, D. eximium and D. aeneum.
Could perhaps be treated as conspecific with D. pectorale
and/or D. nitidum. Other proposed races include simillimum
(described from Hollandia, on N New Guinea coast) included in
diversum, jobiense (Yapen I) merged into nominate, and
pulchrium (Astrolabe Mts, in SE), merged with rubrocoronatum.
Eleven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- maforense Salvadori, 1876 - Numfor I (Geelvink Bay), in NW New Guinea.
- misoriense Salvadori, 1876 - Biak I (Geelvink Bay).
- geelvinkianum A. B. Meyer, 1874 - Yapen I and Kurudu I (Geelvink Bay).
- maforense Salvadori, 1876 - Numfor I (Geelvink Bay), in NW New Guinea.
- misoriense Salvadori, 1876 - Biak I (Geelvink Bay).
- geelvinkianum A. B. Meyer, 1874 - Yapen I and Kurudu I (Geelvink Bay).
- diversum Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1903 - N New Guinea (Mamberano R to Humboldt Bay).
- setekwa Rand, 1941 - SW New Guinea (S slopes of Snow Mts E to Noord R).
- obscurifrons Junge, 1952 - WC New Guinea (Wissel L, to NE of Etna Bay).
- centrale Rand, 1941 - WC New Guinea (Balim R Valley in Nassau Mts and Oranje Mts).
- rubrigulare D’Albertis & Salvadori, 1879 - S New Guinea (Palmer Junction to mouth of Fly R).
- albopunctatum D’Albertis & Salvadori, 1879 - lowlands of SC New Guinea (Merauke and Dagul R E to Daru I and Orioma R).
- rubrocoronatum Sharpe, 1876 - SE New Guinea (W to upper Sepik R and Purari R, including Karkar I and Manam I).
- violaceum Mayr, 1936 - D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Fergusson, Goodenough, Dobu), off SE New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two recently fledged juveniles stretching the wings. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 4 years ago 41 sec 4 -
Two recently fledged juveniles being fed twice by an adult. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 4 years ago 43 sec 4 -
An adult on a dead branch, looking around. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 4 years ago 37 sec 2.7
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A perched bird.
Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
mehdhalaouate 16 September 2004 3 years ago 3.7 -
Two recently fledged juveniles on a branch.
Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 3 years ago 3.4 -
An adult with two recently fledged juveniles.
Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 3 years ago 3.4
- No sound recordings available yet
