The fire-throated flowerpecker (Dicaeum luzoniense) is a species of bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae that is found in the Philippines except on the islands of Mindoro, the Palawan group and the Sulu Archipelago. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus).
| Fire-throated flowerpecker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dicaeidae |
| Genus: | Dicaeum |
| Species: | D. luzoniense
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicaeum luzoniense Ogilvie-Grant, 1894
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Taxonomy edit
The fire-throated flowerpecker was formally described in 1894 by the Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant based on specimens collected by the zoologist and explorer John Whitehead in the mountains of northern Luzon in the Philippines. Ogilvie-Grant coined the binomial name Dicaeum luzoniense.[2][3] The fire-throated flowerpecker was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus) but based on the substantial differences in plumage, it is now treated as a separate species. It is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[4]
Three subspecies are recognised:[4]
- D. l. luzoniense Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 – montane Luzon (north Philippines)
- D. l. bonga Hartert, EJO, 1904 – Samar (central east Philippines)
- D. l. apo Hartert, EJO, 1904 – Western Visayas and Mindanao (central west, south Philippines)
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dicaeum luzoniense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103777506A104324525. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103777506A104324525.en. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert (1894). "Postscript". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 3: 49-51 [50].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 196.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 January 2024.