Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Vulnerable
Black-belted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum haematostictum)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée à poitrine noire German: Schwarzgürtel-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores pechinegro
Taxonomy:
Dicaeum haematostictum
Sharpe
, 1876,Guimaras, Philippines
.Distribution:
Panay, Guimaras (perhaps extinct) and Negros, in WC Philippines.
Descriptive notes
10 cm. Plumage above is black, glossed blue; chin and throat white, black band across upper breast, rest of breast and belly grey with broad scarlet stripe down middle;... read more
Voice
Call “seet-seet”, sometimes becoming a trill; also “chip”, and rapid... read more
Habitat
Occurs in forest and at forest edge, also in open country, secondary growth, cultivation, coconut... read more
Food and feeding
Insects, spiders (Araneae); figs (Ficus); also fruits, flowers and possibly nectar and pollen from mistletoes (Loranthaceae).... read more
Breeding
Nests found in Mar, Aug and Sept, and juveniles observed in Aug; males with enlarged testes in Dec–Mar and May. Nest 7–11 m... read more
Movements
None recorded.
Status and conservation
VULNERABLE. Restrictedrange species: present in Negros and Panay EBA. Has small, extremely fragmented range, severely affected by clearance of lowland forest and scrub,... read more
See D. australe (above). Proposed race whiteheadi (described from Mt Canloan, on Negros) considered indistinguishable from birds elsewhere in range. Monotypic.