Grey-sided flowerpecker

The grey-sided flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Grey-sided flowerpecker
Male at Manado, North Sulawesi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Dicaeidae
Genus:	Dicaeum
Species:	D. celebicum
Binomial name
Dicaeum celebicum Müller, 1843

Taxonomy and systematics

The grey-sided flowerpecker has five subspecies recognized:^[2]

• D. c. talautense - Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1895: Endemic to Talaud Islands
• D. c. sanghirense - Salvadori, 1876: Endemic to Sangihe and Siau Island
• D. c. celebicum - Müller, S, 1843: Endemic to Sulawesi, Manadotua, Bangka, Lembeh, Togian, Muna and Butung
• D. c. sulaense - Sharpe, 1884: Endemic to Sula Islands and Banggai Islands
• Wakatobi flowerpecker (D. c. kuehni) - Hartert, 1903: Considered by some authorities as a separate species. Found in the Wakatobi archipelago (south-east of Sulawesi)

Gallery

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  Male
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  Juvenile
• feeding on Muntingia calabura fruit
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  Compared to Dicaeum kuehni