The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
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3
62
journal article
298463
10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409
2513-9894
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RED-CAPPED FLOWERPECKER
Dicaeum geelvinkianum
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Range
D. g. misoriense
Biak, Supiori;
D. g. maforense
Numfor;
D. g.
geelvinkianum
Yapen, Kurudu.
Status
Endemic subspecies. Obtained by most collectors and seen by nearly all visitors. Widespread and common in all wooded habitats.
Breeding
13 March 1976
: two nearly fledged young, probably this species, held by children (
Melville 1979
);
12 January 1997
: a well-developed fledgling;
26 April 2007
an adult carrying nest materials (SvB);
24 September 2019
: two begging juveniles (P. Lansley, eBird checklist S87711121).