Dicée à poitrine noire

Dicaeum haematostictum

Un petit oiseau de forêt et de bois assez ouvert, des basses terres aux faibles altitudes des montagnes. Noir dessus, lustré de bleu, avec des dessous blancs marqués d'une tache rouge de la poitrine au ventre, bordée de noir sur le dessus. Notez le bec assez long et svelte. Similaire au Dicée à poitrine rouge, mais a du noir au-dessus de la tache rouge plutôt qu'en dessous. Son chant comprend des petits cris aigus ainsi que des notes "chik!" plus typiques d'un dicée.

Identification

EBird describes the bird as "A small bird of forest and fairly open woodland from the lowlands to lower elevations in the mountains. Black above, glossed blue, with white underparts marked by a red patch from the chest to the belly, bordered with black around the top. Note the fairly long slender bill. Similar to Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, but has black above the red patch rather than below. Voice includes high-pitched piping as well as "chik!” notes more typical of a flowerpecker."<p>It is seen feeding on flowering and fruiting trees.

Taxonomie

Genre : Dicaeum ; famille : Dicaeidae ; ordre : Passeriformes.

Nom scientifique
Dicaeum haematostictum
Autorité
Sharpe, 1876
Ordre
Passériformes
Famille
Dicaeidae
Genre
Dicaeum

Répartition et habitat

It inhabits tropical moist lowland forest up to 1,000 meters above sea level. It prefers primary forest and secondary forest but has been known to visit cultivations and coconut plantations<p>IUCN has assessed this bird as least concern with the population being estimated at 6,000 to 15,000 mature individuals. This species' main threat is habitat loss.<p>Habitat loss on both Panay and Negros has been extensive. Primary forests have been almost totally destroyed on Negros (where just 4% of any type of forest cover remained in 1988) and Panay (where 8% remained). Habitat degradation, through clearance for agriculture, timber and charcoal-burning, continues to pose a serious threat to remaining fragments. It is already possibly extinct on Guimaras.<p>It occurs on a few protected areas Northern Negros Natural Park and Mt. Canlaon National Park and Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park.<p>Conservation actions proposed include to conduct surveys in potentially suitable habitat in order to calculate density estimates, and calculate remaining extent of suitable habitat to refine the population estimate and promote areas where it is present to be protected. Promote more effective protection of the Northern Negros Natural Park and other remaining lowland forest tracts in the Western Visayas.

Migration
Espèce sédentaire

Comportement

Mode de migration: Espèce sédentaire.

Conservation

Tendance de la population: stable.

Tendance de la population
stable

Photos

Distribution

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