Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Olive-capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum nigrilore)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée à calotte olive German: Olivkopf-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores de Mindanao
Taxonomy:
Dicæum nigrilore
E. J. O. Hartert
, 1904,Mount Apo, 3000 feet [c. 915 m], Mindanao, Philippines
.Subspecies and Distribution
D. n. nigrilore
E. J. O. Hartert, 1904 – mountains of W, C & S Mindanao, in S Philippines.
D. n. diuatae
Salomonsen, 1953 – E Mindanao (Mt Hilong-Hilong, Mt Pasian and Mt Puting Bato).
Descriptive notes
c. 9·8 cm; 9·5–12·4 g. Fairly modest-looking flowerpecker with long, slender, curved bill. Nominate race has top of head light olive, mantle brown... read more
Voice
High-pitched, scratchy “zuti-zuti-zuti-zuti…” repeated 10–15 times; high... read more
Habitat
Submontane and montane forests above 900 m; found particularly around flowering and fruiting trees... read more
Food and feeding
No information; diet thought to include fruits, pollen and nectar of mistletoes (Loranthaceae).
Breeding
Nest-building observed in May; birds with active gonads in Jan, Apr and May. Nest, under construction, spherical, 15–18 cm in... read more
Movements
None recorded.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restrictedrange species: present in Mindanao and the Eastern Visayas EBA. Common. Nominate race occurs on Mt Malindang, Mt Kitanglad, Mt Apo, Mt... read more
Tongue morphology of present species unlike that of any other member of family examined. Two subspecies recognized.