Dicaeum geelvinkianum, A.B.Meyer, 1874

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 53

RED-CAPPED FLOWERPECKER Dicaeum geelvinkianum #

Range D. g. misoriense Biak, Supiori; D. g. maforense Numfor; D. g. geelvinkianum Yapen, Kurudu.

Status Endemic subspecies. Obtained by most collectors and seen by nearly all visitors. Widespread and common in all wooded habitats.

Breeding 13 March 1976: two nearly fledged young, probably this species, held by children ( Melville 1979); 12 January 1997: a well-developed fledgling; 26 April 2007 an adult carrying nest materials (SvB); 24 September 2019: two begging juveniles (P. Lansley, eBird checklist S87711121).