Red-capped Flowerpecker
Dicaeum geelvinkianum
Tiny bird, black above, pale below, with fiery bright red cap, red chest patch, and red rump. Plain juvenile has orange bill but otherwise unmarked; lacks the reddish undertail of juvenile Mistletoebird. Found in mangroves and forest on New Guinea and islands in the northern Torres Strait. Calls similar to Mistletoebird, a high-pitched short "seeep" and buzzing sounds.
Identification
The red-capped flowerpecker (Dicaeum geelvinkianum) is a small passerine bird endemic to, and widespread within, New Guinea and adjacent islands. It has recently been split from the olive-crowned flowerpecker Dicaeum pectorale.
Taxonomy
Genus: Dicaeum; Family: Dicaeidae; Order: Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Authority
- Meyer, AB, 1874
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Dicaeidae
- Genus
- Dicaeum
Range and habitat
Forest and woodland, including secondary growth and mangroves.
- Migration
- Resident species
Behavior
Migration pattern: Resident species.
Conservation
Population trend: stable.
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
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