Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae) - HBW 13
Yellow-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aureolimbatum)
French: Dicée à flancs jaunes
German: Gelbflanken-Mistelfresser
Spanish: Picaflores Flanquigualdo
Other common names: Golden-edged/Golden-flanked/Minahassa/Sulawesi/Celebes Flowerpecker
Taxonomy: Prionochilus aureolimbatus Wallace, 1865, mountains of Minahassa, northern Sulawesi.
Has been thought perhaps to form a superspecies with D. nigrilore, with which it shares some plumage resemblances, but differs markedly in bill shape and tongue structure. Tongue morphology of present species resembles that of D. agile, D. bicolor and D. celebicum. Races rather poorly differentiated. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aureolimbatum (Wallace, 1865) - Sulawesi and adjacent islands (including Bangka, Lembeh, Togian Is, Kabaena, Muna, Butung).
- laterale Salomonsen, 1960 - Sangihe I, N of Sulawesi.
- Least Concern
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A perched bird. Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp aureolimbatum)
mehdhalaouate 11 October 2005 6 weeks ago 3
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