Biology:Grey-sided flowerpecker
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Short description: Species of bird
| Grey-sided flowerpecker | |
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| Male at Manado, North Sulawesi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dicaeidae |
| Genus: | Dicaeum |
| Species: | D. celebicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicaeum celebicum Müller, 1843
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The grey-sided flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Taxonomy and systematics
The grey-sided flowerpecker has five subspecies recognized:[2]
- D. c. talautense - Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1895: Endemic to Talaud Islands
- D. c. sanghirense - Salvadori, 1876: Endemic to Sangihe and Siau Island
- D. c. celebicum - Müller, S, 1843: Endemic to Sulawesi, Manadotua, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian, Muna and Butung
- D. c. sulaense - Sharpe, 1884: Endemic to Sula Islands and Banggai Islands
- Wakatobi flowerpecker (D. c. kuehni) - Hartert, 1903: Considered by some authorities as a separate species. Found in the Wakatobi archipelago (south-east of Sulawesi)
Gallery
Male
Juvenile
feeding on Muntingia calabura fruit
Compared to Dicaeum kuehni
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References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Dicaeum celebicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22717575A131977100. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22717575A131977100.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22717575/131977100. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/dippers/.
Wikidata ☰ Q522402 entry
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