Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Vulnerable
Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker (Dicaeum retrocinctum)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée de Mindoro German: Mindoromistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores de Mindoro
Taxonomy:
Dicæum retrocinctum
Gould
, 1872,Manila and Mindanao; error = Mindoro, Philippines
.Distribution:
Mindoro, in WC Philippines; also reported from Panay and Negros, where status unknown#R.
Descriptive notes
10 cm. Black, white and red flowerpecker with rather slender and decurved bill. Most of head and upperparts, including tail, are blue-black, with scarlet collar (sometimes... read more
Voice
Continuous sharp “tipk-tipk-tipk-tipk”, like sound produced when two pebbles struck together;... read more
Habitat
Closed-canopy forest, forest edge, secondary growth, including on limestone, open country, in... read more
Food and feeding
Feeds on fruit, and presumably berries, nectar and pollen of mistletoes (Loranthaceae). Visits epiphytes, figs (Ficus) and ... read more
Breeding
Nesting recorded in Apr; males with enlarged testes in Feb and Apr–Jun and females with active ovaries Apr–May; family parties... read more
Movements
None recorded.
Status and conservation
VULNERABLE. Restrictedrange species: present in Mindoro EBA and in Negros and Panay EBA. Small population rapidly declining, and small, severely fragmented range being... read more
Monotypic.