Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Critically Endangered
Cebu Flowerpecker (Dicaeum quadricolor)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée quadricolore German: Vierfarben-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores de Cebú
Taxonomy:
Prionochilus quadricolor
Tweeddale
, 1878,Cebu, Philippines
.Distribution:
Cebu, in C Philippines.
Descriptive notes
9 cm. Male has top and side of head and hindneck black, mantle and back black, feathers with extensively bright orange-red tips, lower back and rump greenish-yellow,... read more
Voice
Gives “seep-seep-seep tik-tik-tik-tik”, the “tik” notes like sound made by striking together two... read more
Habitat
Occurs around flowering and fruiting vines and trees in forest; found in both open-canopy and... read more
Food and feeding
Small fruits of forest trees, and presumably also fruit, nectar and pollen of mistletoes (Loranthaceae). Attracted to red-flowered vines... read more
Breeding
Nesting in Jun, juveniles observed in Jun, Jul and Dec; singing male in Mar. Nest observed but details not yet documented. No other... read more
Movements
Presumed sedentary.
Status and conservation
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. Restricted-range species: endemic to island of Cebu and present in Cebu EBA. Has tiny population, and equally tiny and fragmented range in danger from... read more
Monotypic.