Family Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
Least Concern
Yellow-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aureolimbatum)
Taxonomy
French: Dicée à flancs jaunes German: Gelbflanken-Mistelfresser Spanish: Picaflores flanquigualdo
Taxonomy:
Prionochilus aureolimbatus
Wallace
, 1865,mountains of Minahasa, northern Sulawesi
.Subspecies and Distribution
D. a. aureolimbatum
(Wallace, 1865) – Sulawesi and adjacent islands (including Bangka, Lembeh, Togian Is, Kabaena, Muna, Butung).
D. a. laterale
Salomonsen, 1960 – Sangihe I, N of Sulawesi.
Descriptive notes
8·5 cm. Nominate race is bright olive-green above, duller on crown, brighter green on rump, with upperwing and tail blackish-brown; auriculars blackish-grey, cheek... read more
Voice
Call “s-uit”, less high-pitched and less strident than that of D. celebicum,... read more
Habitat
Occurs in primary forest and tall secondary forest; also found at forest edge, in woodland,... read more
Food and feeding
Spiders (Araneae), insects, fruits of mistletoes (Loranthaceae), small figs (Ficus) and wild cherries (Prunus); possibly... read more
Breeding
Active nests Togian Is in Jun and Aug, and fledglings in Nov; immatures late Aug to early Sept on Sangihe. Nest pear-shaped, mainly of... read more
Movements
No information.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Widespread and common in Sulawesi, including on Kabaena; rare on Siumpu (off SW Butung). Race laterale common on Sangihe I. Occurs in Lore... read more
Races rather poorly differentiated. Two subspecies recognized.