Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Red-keeled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum australe)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée des Philippines German: Rostbauch-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores filipino
Other common names:
Red-striped Flowerpecker
Taxonomy:
Pipra australis
Hermann
, 1783,New Guinea; error = Luzon, Philippines
.Distribution:
Philippines (except islands from Mindoro S to Palawan, and E to Sibuyan, Panay and Negros).
Descriptive notes
10 cm; male 9–11 g, unsexed 7·9–10·5 g. Mostly black-and-white flowerpecker with longish, stout, curved bill. Has top and side of head and... read more
Voice
Utters a high-pitched insect-like trilling “suit-sui…”, and also a high-pitched... read more
Habitat
Forest and forest edge, secondary growth, coconut groves and in open country, generally around... read more
Food and feeding
No information on diet; probably includes fruit, nectar and pollen of mistletoes (Loranthaceae). Mostly in canopy. Forages singly, in pairs... read more
Breeding
Laying recorded in Jun and Aug, juveniles observed in Aug and birds with active gonads in Aug; fledged young observed in Apr on Mindanao... read more
Movements
None recorded.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Common throughout most of range. Ability to adapt well to secondary habitats favours this species. In view of its relative abundance, this... read more
In the past sometimes considered conspecific with D. haematostictum. Geographical variation minor; birds from Cebu described as race flaviventer, but considered insufficiently distinct from those in rest of range to warrant recognition. Monotypic.