Bicolored flowerpecker
| Bicolored flowerpecker | |
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| Bicolored Flowerpecker (inexpectatum subspecies) feeding of figs in Quezon. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dicaeidae |
| Genus: | Dicaeum |
| Species: | D. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicaeum bicolor | |
The bicolored flowerpecker (Dicaeum bicolor) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Habitat[edit]
Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest and more rarely on tropical moist montane forests of up to 2,250 meters above sea level.[2] They often form mixed flocks with other flowerpecker species, white-eyes, sunbirds, fantails and other small forest birds.
Description[edit]
Small, short thick bill, sexes differ, in inexpectatum male upperparts glossy blue black; throat, center of breast, belly, and under tail coverts white; sides and flanks light grey; pectoral tufts white. female upperparts olive green; underparts light olive grey; center of breast and belly yellowish white; pectoral tufts yellow white.
This consists of three subspecies
- D. b. bicolor: Leyte, Samar, Mindanao and Bohol
- D. b. inexpectatum Luzon, Mindoro and Catanduanes
- D. b. viridissimum: Panay, Negros and Guimaras (extinct)[3]
References[edit]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dicaeum bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717503A94535982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717503A94535982.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippines. Lynx. pp. 342–343.
- ^ Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippines. Lynx. pp. 342–343.
