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| Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker Dicaeum retrocinctum |
| Common Names: Tariti
(Pilipino)
Discoverer: 1Gould, 1872 Category: CRITICAL Status: ENDEMIC Habitat/Distribution: Forest and forest edge below 1000 m. in Mindoro, found in the canopies or at the edge of the forest and in open country with scattered trees. Habitat / Behavior: The call is a series of notes similar to striking two stones together plus a high pitched "zeet-zeet-zeet". It is closely related to the Red-keeled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum australe) but has a longer, more slender curved bill. The upper parts are black with a slate-blue gloss and a scarlet collar across the upper back which is how it got it's name. The troat and upper breast are black with a small red patch on the throat, the belly is white with a red ventral stripe bordered with black. Threats: Deforestation, habitat loss Interesting Information: Conservation Efforts/Measures: Photograph Information: Courtesy of T. Fisher and N.Hicks' "A Photographic Field Guide to Birds of the Philippines" [left] Courtesy of the Oxford University Press. Drawing done by Jan LaGory taken from "A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines" by Dr. Robert Kennedy et al.[right] |
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