Grey-sided flowerpecker

The grey-sided flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Grey-sided flowerpecker
Male at Manado, North Sulawesi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species:
D. celebicum
Binomial name
Dicaeum celebicum
Müller, 1843

Taxonomy and systematics

The grey-sided flowerpecker has five subspecies recognized:[2]

  • D. c. talautense - Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1895: Endemic to Talaud Islands
  • D. c. sanghirense - Salvadori, 1876: Endemic to Sangihe and Siau Island
  • D. c. celebicum - Müller, S, 1843: Endemic to Sulawesi, Manadotua, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian, Muna and Butung
  • D. c. sulaense - Sharpe, 1884: Endemic to Sula Islands and Banggai Islands
  • Wakatobi flowerpecker (D. c. kuehni) - Hartert, 1903: Considered by some authorities as a separate species. Found in the Wakatobi archipelago (south-east of Sulawesi)
  • Male
  • Juvenile
  • Compared to Dicaeum kuehni
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References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Dicaeum celebicum ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 March 2018.


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