Louisiade Flowerpecker Dicaeum nitidum Scientific name definitions

9 cm. Male nominate race has dull red cap, brighter red rump, rest of upperparts dark brownish-grey, glossed blue and green (particularly on mantle and upper­wing-coverts); remiges blackish-brown, edged greenish, tail glossy blackish; side of head greyish; chin and throat whitish, bright red patch on breast, rest of underparts yellowish-olive, paler on central belly and undertail-coverts, pectoral tufts white; iris brown; bill black, base of lower mandible whitish; legs black. Female differs from male in lacking red breast patch. Juvenile differs from adult female in lacking red on upperparts. Race rosseli male has shoulders glossed blue-green, and is more dark olive-green, less blackish-looking, above than nominate.

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Forest and secondary growth.

No information.

Fruits, presumably including those of mistletoes (Loranthaceae), and spiders (Araneae). Forages in canopy, singly or in pairs.

Short, dry, buzzing insect-like note; single high-pitched upslurred note.

No information.

Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Louisiade Archipelago EBA. Very poorly known species. Appears not to be at any risk.