Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Red-chested Flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée de Maugé German: Blauwangen-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores de Maugé
Other common names:
Blue-cheeked Flowerpecker
Taxonomy:
Dicæum maugei
Lesson
, 1830,Timor
.Subspecies and Distribution
D. m. splendidum
Büttikofer, 1893 – Selayar and Tanahjampea, S of Sulawesi.
D. m. neglectum
E. J. O. Hartert, 1897 – Nusa Penida (off SE Bali) and Lombok, in W Lesser Sundas.
D. m. maugei
Lesson, 1830 – Sawu, Roti, Semau, Timor, Atauro, Wetar, Romang and Damar, in E Lesser Sundas.
D. m. salvadorii
A. B. Meyer, 1884 – Moa and Babar, in extreme E Lesser Sundas.
Descriptive notes
8–9·5 cm. Male nominate race is glossy dark purplish-blue above, face blackish, rump scarlet; chin whitish, scarlet patch on throat and uppermost breast bordered... read more
Voice
A high-pitched “tsit”; high-pitched whistle of 2–3 notes.
Habitat
Usually around mistletoes; occurs in primary forest, secondary forest and degraded forest, woodland... read more
Food and feeding
Feeds on figs (Ficus) as well as flowering tamarind (Tamarindus); diet thought also to include the fruits, pollen and... read more
Breeding
Laying in May on Lombok; on Timor, laying in Mar, Apr and Nov, chicks being fed in early Dec, juveniles recorded in Apr–May. Nest a... read more
Movements
Nothing recorded.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restrictedrange species: present in Northern Nusa Tenggara EBA, in Timor and Wetar EBA and in Banda Sea Islands EBA. Generally common throughout... read more
Proposed race mariae (from Nusa Penida, off SE Bali) synonymized with neglectum; romae (from Roma I) considered indistinguishable from nominate. Four subspecies recognized.