Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Olive-crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pectorale)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée à plastron German: Papuamistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores pectoral
Taxonomy:
Dicaeum pectorale
S. Müller
, 1843,Lobo, Triton Bay, New Guinea
.Subspecies and Distribution
D. p. ignotum
Mees, 1964 – Gebe I, between Halmahera and NW New Guinea.
D. p. pectorale
S. Müller, 1843 – West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool) and NW New Guinea (E to neck of Vogelkop).
Descriptive notes
9 cm; 7–7·8 g. Male nominate race has crown and upperparts olive, yellowish on rump; side of head greyer, throat white; large scarlet patch on breast, yellowish... read more
Voice
Short, dry, insect-like, buzzing note; single high, upslurred note; also single drawn-out “... read more
Habitat
Occurs in forest canopy, and in secondary growth; sea-level to 1500 m, rarely to 2350 m.
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Food and feeding
Unprotected fruits, including figs (Ficus) and presumably those of mistletoes (Loranthaceae); also spiders (Araneae). Forages in... read more
Breeding
No information.
Movements
No information.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restrictedrange species: present in West Papuan Lowlands EBA. Not uncommon. Very poorly known species.
Formerly considered possibly conspecific with D. geelvinkianum and/or D. nitidum. Race ignotum, although geographically situated between nominate and D. schistaceiceps, is not intermediate in plumage, suggesting that treatment of latter and present species as two distinct species is appropriate. Two subspecies recognized.