Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Black-fronted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum igniferum)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée porte-flamme German: Rotkehl-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores encendido
Taxonomy:
Dicæum igniferum
Wallace
, 1864,Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands
.Distribution:
Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, Solor, Adonara and Lembata#R, Pantar and Alor, in Lesser Sundas.
Descriptive notes
9 cm. Male has whole upperside from crown to rump dull scarlet, glossed violet on back; forehead, face, side of neck, scapulars, upperwing and tail purplish-black; chin white... read more
Voice
Rapidly repeated, thin, high-pitched “see-saw”. Song a very rapid, descending series, c... read more
Habitat
Semi-deciduous, degraded or secondary forest, coastal monsoon scrub-forest, lightly wooded... read more
Food and feeding
No information; diet probably includes fruit, pollen and nectar of mistletoes (Loranthaceae). Forages singly, in pairs or in small groups;... read more
Breeding
No information.
Movements
No information.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restrictedrange species: present in Northern Nusa Tenggara EBA. Widespread and generally common.
Birds from Pantar and Alor previously recognized as race cretum, but considered inseparable from those in rest of range. Monotypic.