Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Mottled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum tristrami)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée de San Cristobal German: Tristrammistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores de San Cristóbal
Taxonomy:
Dicæum tristrami
Sharpe
, 1884,San Cristobal Island [Makira], Solomon Islands
.Distribution:
Makira (San Cristobal), in SE Solomons.
Descriptive notes
8–9 cm; male 11–13 g, female 10–12·5 g. Male has top of head and upperparts brown, paler on mantle, head mottled profusely blackish and irregularly... read more
Voice
High-pitched, emphatic, metallic “tschip-tschip”.
Habitat
Primary forest, and more commonly in secondary growth and at forest edge; in highlands and lowlands... read more
Food and feeding
Insects and spiders (Araneae); food probably includes also fruits, and nectar and pollen of ant-plants (Myrmecodia and ... read more
Breeding
Females with enlarged ovaries in Oct–Dec. No other information.
Movements
No information.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restrictedrange species: present in Solomon Group EBA. Abundant in mountains, uncommon in lowlands. Occurs in Hauta Conservation Area.
Monotypic.