Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Red-chested Flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei) - HBW 13, p. 385
French:
Dicée de Maugé
German: Blauwangen-Mistelfresser
Spanish: Picaflores de
Maugé
Other common names: Blue-cheeked/Mauge’s/Timor Flowerpecker,
Lesser Sunda Flowerpecker
Taxonomy: Dicaeum maugei
Lesson, 1830, Timor.
Forms
a superspecies with D. igniferum. Proposed race mariae
(from Nusa Penida, off SE Bali) synonymized with neglectum;
romae (from Roma I) considered indistinguishable from
nominate. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- splendidum Büttikofer, 1893 - Salayar and Tanahjampea, S of Sulawesi.
- neglectum E. J. O Hartert, 1897 - Nusa Penida (off SE Bali) and Lombok, in W Lesser Sundas.
- maugei Lesson, 1830 - Romang, Damar, Timor, Sawu, Roti, Semau and perhaps Wetar, in E Lesser Sundas.
- salvadorii A. B. Meyer, 1884 - Moa and Babar, in extreme E Lesser Sundas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in a tree, singing once and flying away. Locality Babar, Lesser Sundas (ssp salvadorii)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 25 sec 2.7 -
Brief view of a male arriving to coconut palm. Locality Tanahjampea, Sulawesi (ssp splendidum)
Josep del Hoyo 20 October 2011 11 weeks ago 16 sec 1.8
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A perched bird in a fruiting tree.
Locality Nusa Penida, Bali (Indonesia) (ssp neglectum)
mehdhalaouate 8 November 2007 2 years ago 4.2 -
A male in a tree.
Locality Babar, Lesser Sundas (ssp salvadorii)
James Eaton 31 October 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7
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A male singing once. Locality Babar, Lesser Sundas
(ssp salvadorii)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.5
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