Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)

Least Concern

Sumba Flowerpecker (Dicaeum wilhelminae)

figure, drawing, illustration of Sumba Flowerpecker (Dicaeum wilhelminae)

Taxonomy

French: Dicée de Wilhelmina German: Sumba-Purpurmistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores de Sumba
Taxonomy:

Dicaeum wilhelminae

Büttikofer

, 1892,

Sumba

.

Hitherto treated as conspecific with D. sanguinolentum and D. hanieli, but differs from latter in characters given under that species (below). Differs from former (above) in its all-red vs orange-buff throat in male (3); stronger black ventral stripe (1); pale grey vs buff-tan belly in male and entire underparts in female (2); shorter (effect size −1.8), deeper (effect size 3.7) bill (1+2=3); apparently very different voice, but samples too small to be sure that recorded calls are homologous#R. Monotypic.

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Distribution:

Sumba, in Lesser Sundas.

Descriptive notes

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Recommended citation

del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N. (2017). Sumba Flowerpecker (Dicaeum wilhelminae). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/1344079 on 14 July 2017).