Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée à ventre orange German: Orangebauch-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores ventrinaranja
Taxonomy:
Certhia trigonostigma
Scopoli
, 1786,China [i.e. Malaysia] = Malacca, Peninsular Malaysia
.Subspecies and Distribution
D. t. rubropygium
E. C. S. Baker, 1921 – Bangladesh (including Sundarbans), SW, SE & S Myanmar S to S peninsular Thailand.
D. t. trigonostigma
(Scopoli, 1786) – Orange-bellied Flowerpecker – S peninsular Thailand (S from Trang) and Peninsular Malaysia, Anamba Is, Riau Archipelago, Lingga Archipelago, Sumatra and satellites (except Simeulue) and Karimata I (off SW Borneo).
D. t. antioproctum
Oberholser, 1912 – Simeulue I, off NW Sumatra.
D. t. dayakanum
Chasen & Kloss, 1929 – Borneo (including islands off N coast).
D. t. megastoma
E. J. O. Hartert, 1918 – N Natuna Is.
D. t. flaviclunis
E. J. O. Hartert, 1918 – Java, Bali and Krakatau.
D. t. xanthopygium
Tweeddale, 1877 – Luzon, Polillo Is, Mindoro and Marinduque, in N Philippines.
D. t. dorsale
Sharpe, 1876 – Orange-breasted Flowerpecker – Panay, Masbate and Negros, in WC Philippines.
D. t. cnecolaemum
Parkes, 1989 – Tablas (NC Philippines).
D. t. intermedium
Bourns & Worcester, 1894 – Romblon (NC Philippines).
D. t. sibuyanicum
Bourns & Worcester, 1894 – Sibuyan Flowerpecker – Sibuyan (NC Philippines).
D. t. pallidius
Bourns & Worcester, 1894 – Cebu (Nug-as), in EC Philippines.
D. t. cinereigulare
Tweeddale, 1878 – Grey-throated Flowerpecker – Samar, Calicoan, Biliran, Leyte, Bohol and Mindanao, in E & S Philippines.
D. t. besti
Steere, 1890 – Siquijor (S of Bohol).
D. t. isidroi
Rand & Rabor, 1969 – Camiguin Sur (N of Mindanao).
D. t. assimile
Bourns & Worcester, 1894 – C Sulu Archipelago (Jolo, Siasi, Tawitawi).
D. t. sibutuense
Sharpe, 1893 – Sulu Flowerpecker – SW Sulu Archipelago (Sipangkot, Omapoy, Sibutu).
Descriptive notes
8–9 cm; male 5–7·9 g, female 5–8·7 g, unsexed 5·9–8·4 g. Male nominate race has head to below eye, neck, upper mantle,... read more
Voice
Continuous shrill chirp, also “swit” or “swit-szee”, long drawn-out “... read more
Habitat
Various forest types, including dipterocarp, lower montane, lowland and highland heath, peatswamp-... read more
Food and feeding
Recorded foods include fruits of Eugenia, Dillenia suffruticosa, Melastoma malabathricum, Muntingia calabura... read more
Breeding
At least Apr–May in Bangladesh, Jan–May and Jul in Peninsular Malaysia, Jul and Sept–Dec (and enlarged gonads Feb–... read more
Movements
Few data. Ringing recoveries at Gombak Valley (Selangor), in Peninsular Malaysia, imply some... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Locally common in Bangladesh; rare in Myanmar outside S Tenasserim; common and widespread in Malay Peninsula; common in Borneo; generally common in... read more
Geographical variation considerable, but no outstanding candidates for species rank. Races form two main groups, “dorsale group” in Philippines (rump patch, if present, separated from red of back) and “trigonostigma group” (rump patch continuous with red of back) in rest of range. Philippine group divides into four subgroups: “dorsale subgroup” (Luzon to W Visayan Is, excluding Sibuyan Sea islands), “sibuyanicum subgroup” (Sibuyan Sea islands), “cinereigulare subgroup” (E Visayan Is S to Mindanao), and “sibutuense subgroup” (Sulu Archipelago). Nominate race intergrades with rubropygium in S peninsular Thailand. Race cnecolaemum doubtfully distinct from intermedium, and antioproctum may belong in nominate. Other proposed races are croceoventre (described from Sumatra), melanthe (Lasia I, off NW Sumatra) and, off W Sumatra, lyprum (Nias I), tanamassae (Tanahmasa, in Batu Is) and pagense (South Pagai I), plus hypochloum (Siantan, in Anamba Is, E of Peninsular Malaysia), all synonymized with nominate; and hanadori (Siasi, in Sulu Archipelago), merged with assimile. Seventeen subspecies currently recognized.