Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trochileum)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée à tête écarlate German: Feuerkopf-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores cabecirrojo
Taxonomy:
Certhia trochilea
Sparrman
, 1789,“America?”; error= Java
.Subspecies and Distribution
D. t. trochileum
(Sparrman, 1789) – Bangka, S Sumatra (Lampung), S & E Borneo, Java (including Madura), Karimunjawa Is and Bawean (both N of Java), Kangean Is and Bali.
D. t. stresemanni
Rensch, 1928 – Lombok.
Descriptive notes
8–9 cm. Male nominate race has head, upper back, rump, uppertail-coverts and chin to upper breast scarlet, upperwing and tail black; flanks and lower breast grey, belly... read more
Voice
Short, high-pitched “zit-zit-zit”, and buzzing “seeeeep…seeeeep”.... read more
Habitat
Woodland, cultivation, mangroves, open areas and gardens; sea-level to 600 m.
Food and feeding
Insects, small spiders (Araneae), also fruits, nectar and/or pollen of mistletoes (Loranthaceae). Occurs at high or low levels in... read more
Breeding
Laying Feb–Jul in W Java. Nest a globular mass 70–80 × 30–35 mm, large entrance hole stretching from top to middle... read more
Movements
None recorded.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Common in Java, on its outlying islands, and in Bali; uncommon in Sumatra and Lombok. Occurs in Bogor Botanical Gardens, in Java.
Hybrid between present species and D. cruentatum recorded in E Borneo (Samarinda). Race stresemanni only weakly differentiated from nominate. Two subspecies recognized.