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).

See all 11 subspecies

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.