- Dicaeum trigonostigma
Identification
8–9 cm (3-3½ in)
Male
- Dark blue head, neck, upper mantle, wings and tail
- Yellowish-orange back and underparts
Female: lacks the orange colouring and has grey, rather than blue, upperparts.
Distribution
South Asia: Bangladesh
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Bali
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 18 subspecies[1]:
- D. t. rubropygium: Southern Bangladesh to southern Myanmar and peninsular Thailand
- D. t. trigonostigma: Malay Peninsula to Singapore, Sumatra and satellite islands
- D. t. melanostigma: Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung islands
- D. t. antioproctum: Simeulue Island (off Sumatra)
- D. t. megastoma: Great Natuna Island (North Natuna Islands)
- D. t. flaviclunis: Krakatoa Island, Java and Bali
- D. t. dayakanum: Borneo and adjacent offshore northern islands
- D. t. xanthopygium: North Philippines (Luzon, Marinduque, Mindoro and Polillo)
- D. t. intermedium: North Philippines (Romblon)
- D. t. cnecolaemum: North Philippines (Tablas)
- D. t. sibuyanicum: North Philippines (Sibuyan)
- D. t. dorsale: Central Philippines (Masbate, Panay and Negros)
- D. t. besti: South [Philippines]] (Siquijor)
- D. t. cinereigulare: Philippines (Mindanao, Samar, Leyte, Calicoan, Biliran and Bohol)
- D. t. pallidius: Central Philippines (Cebu)
- D. t. isidroi: South Philippines (Camiguin Sur)
- D. t. assimile: Sulu Archipelago (Tawitawi, Jolo and Siasi)
- D. t. sibutuense: Sulu Archipelago (Sibutu, Omapoy and Sipangkot)
Habitat
They live in a variety of forests including dipterocarp, lower montane, lowland and highland heath, peatswamp; found mostly in forest edges at various altitudes, for instance from mangrove swamps north of Kota Kinabalu and also on the slopes of Mt Kinabalu at a height of 600 - 700 ft
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of a variety of fruit.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/3E81AAE0 ]. Retrieved 21 July 2021
- Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2020). Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.orbflo1.01
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Orange-bellied Flowerpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 31 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Orange-bellied_Flowerpecker
