Andaman mistletoe
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Andaman mistletoe ( Dicaeum virescens ) |
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The Andaman mistletoe ( Dicaeum virescens ) is a species of bird from the mistletoe family (Dicaeidae).
The Latin additional species comes from the Latin virescens 'becoming green' .
Previously was monochrome Mistelfresser ( Dicaeum minullum ) together with the Nilgirimistelfresser ( Dicaeum concolor ) and the Andaman Mistelfresser ( Dicaeum virescens ) as conspecific considered, but in 2005 split into three distinct species (not through accepted). The Handbook of the Birds of the World lists the species as a subspecies of the monochrome mistletoe ( Dicaeum minullum ).
The bird is endemic to the Andaman Islands .
The distribution area includes tropical or subtropical moist lowland forest.
The species is monotypical .
features
The bird is 9 cm tall with a short tail and a powerful curved bill with a long tubular tongue. The top is green, the chest pale green, the underside yellow.
Way of life
The species prefers to feed on nectar .
Hazardous situation
The hazardous situation has not been investigated.
literature
- Fotolulu: All birds of the world: The complete checklist of all species and subspecies, Publisher: Books on Demand (2015) ISBN 3-7347-4407-5
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Andaman mistletoe eater , in Avibase - The World Bird Database
- ^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991. ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
- ↑ Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds
- ^ PC Rasmussen and JC Anderton: Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. 2005, Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, ISBN 84-87334-67-9
- ↑ Handbook of the Birds of the World