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Male
Photo by Romy Ocon
Mount Makiling, Laguna Province, Philippines, March 2005

Dicaeum bicolor

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South-east Asia: endemic to the Philippines.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

• D. b. inexpectatum:

• Northern Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro and Catanduanes)

• D. b. viridissimum:

• Central Philippines (Negros and Guimaras)

• D. b. bicolor:

• Southern Philippines (Bohol, Leyte, Dinagat, Mindanao and Samar)

Female
Photo by Romy Ocon
Mount Makiling, Laguna Province, Philippines, March 2005

[edit] Habitat

Uncommon in forest canopy below 1000 m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links