Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Blood-breasted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum sanguinolentum)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée sanglant German: Java-Purpurmistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores sangrante
Taxonomy:
Dicaeum sanguinolentum
Temminck
, 1829,west Java
.Subspecies and Distribution
D. s. sanguinolentum
Temminck, 1829 – Javan Flowerpecker – Java and Bali; vagrant to S Sumatra.
D. s. rhodopygiale
Rensch, 1928 – Flores Flowerpecker – Flores.
Descriptive notes
8–9·5 cm. Male nominate race has top of head and upperparts dark glossy blue, narrow white tips on tail feathers; throat and belly pinkish to creamy buff, breast... read more
Voice
Various sharp, high-pitched clicks; hard, sharp, buzzing double note. Song, lasting 1–2... read more
Habitat
Montane forest, hill forest and secondary forest, forest edge, casuarina (Casuarina)... read more
Food and feeding
Chironomid larvae, and spiders (Araneae); presumably also fruit, nectar and pollen of mistletoes (Loranthaceae). Forages usually in canopy... read more
Breeding
Laying in Jan, Aug and Oct in W Java. A nest in C Java contained two chicks in Mar; nest small and egg shaped, c. 20 cm long,... read more
Movements
None recorded. Records from Sumatra possibly indicative of vagrancy.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Widespread in Java and Bali; common and widespread on Sumba and Flores; uncommon and apparently found only at high elevations on Timor. Status in... read more
Hitherto treated as conspecific with D. wilhelminae and D. hanieli (see below). Races treated by some authors as two full species, differing clearly in plumage and voice#R. Proposed race ablutum, described from Tamansari (Banyuwangi), in E Java, subsumed within nominate. Two subspecies recognized.