Golden-rumped Flowerpecker Dicaeum annae Scientific name definitions

9·4–10 cm; female 10·3 g, unsexed 9·7 g. Male has crown and upperparts olive-green, rump yellow; throat and malar stripe white, underparts pale yellowish centrally, duller towards sides, and streaked olive-grey, with concealed white pectoral tufts; iris light brown; bill and legs blackish. Female differs from male in lacking yellow on rump. Juvenile is similar to female, but throat and belly greyer, malar stripe less distinct, bill paler, especially on lower mandible. Proposed race sumbavense is slightly smaller than nominate, a little more olive above, with tips of flight-feathers duller and less green.

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Deciduous, semi-evergreen and secondary forest, woodland and cultivation; sea-level to 1530 m on Sumbawa, and to 1800 m on Flores.

None recorded.

No detailed information recorded; diet thought to include fruit , pollen and nectar of mistletoes (Loranthaceae). Forages singly, in pairs or in small groups.

Repeated thin “see” notes on same pitch, terminal 3 notes longer and more widely spaced.

Laying in Jan and Mar–Oct (peak May) on Flores. Nest a thick oval pouch c. 130 × 65 mm, entrance hole in middle, constructed from felted plant material, spider webs and lichen, decorated with leaf fragments; one was attached at top directly to horizontal twig, another attached over a broad area directly to a twig at angle of 45 degrees. Clutch 2 eggs. No further information.

Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Northern Nusa Tenggara EBA. Locally common to rare.