Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae) - HBW 13
Red-capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum geelvinkianum)
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
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Two recently fledged juveniles stretching the wings. Biak Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 1 year ago 41 sec 4 -
Two recently fledged juveniles being fed twice by an adult. Biak Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 1 year ago 43 sec 4 -
An adult on a dead branch, looking around. Biak Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 1 year ago 37 sec 2.7
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An adult with two recently fledged juveniles. Biak Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 40 weeks ago 3.7 -
Two recently fledged juveniles on a branch. Biak Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 40 weeks ago 3.3 -
A perched bird. Biak Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp misoriense)
mehdhalaouate 16 September 2004 5 weeks ago 3
- No sound recordings available yet
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