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Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker

Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens] (= Dicaeum concolor) Jerdon, TC 1840

The Nilgiri flowerpecker is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker family. Formerly a subspecies of what used to be termed as the plain flowerpecker although that name is now reserved for Dicaeum minullum. Like others of the group, it feeds predominantly on nectar and fruits. They forage within the canopy of forests and are found in India. They are non-migratory and the widespread distribution range includes several populations that are non-overlapping and morphologically distinct, some of which are recognized as full species. They are important pollinators and dispersers of mistletoes in forests. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Dicaeidae
Genus:
   Dicaeum
Scientific:
  Dicaeum concolor


Original description

Citation:
  Jerdon, TC 1840

Reference:
   Madras J. Lit. Sci. 11 p.227

Protonym:
  Dicaeum concolor

Type locality:
  Malabar Coast.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/176570#page/287/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  3E1DBDAEE2B94E7B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-3E1DBDAE

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/3E1DBDAE


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559726

Geographic range:

  • Dicaeum concolor: Western Ghats and coastal southwestern India
  • Dicaeum minullum minullum: Hainan (southern China)
  • Dicaeum minullum olivaceum: Indian subcontinent, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, and northern and central Indochina
  • Dicaeum minullum uchidai: montane forest of Taiwan
  • Dicaeum minullum borneanum: southern Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, North Natuna Islands, and Borneo
  • Dicaeum minullum sollicitans: Java and Bali
  • Dicaeum virescens: South and Middle Andaman Islands
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English:
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker
French:
Dicée concolore, D. olivâtre ou D. des Andaman


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Dicée concolore ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Dicée concolore ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Dicaeum concolor [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Dicaeum concolor [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Dicaeum concolor [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Plain Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum concolor) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dicaeum concolor [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Bengali: নিরল ফুলঝুরি
Catalan: picaflors del monts Nilgiri
Czech: Kvetozob jednobarvý, květozob ochmetový
Danish: Ensfarvet Blomsterpikker
German: Einfarb-Mistelfresser
English: Nilgiri Flowerpecker, Nilgiri, Plain or Andaman Flowerpecker, Plain Flowerpecker, Plain-colored Flowerpecker, Plain-coloured Flowerpecker
Spanish: Pica Flor Descolorido, Picaflores Sencillo
Finnish: Harmaakukastaja
French: Dicée concolore, Dicée concolore, D. olivâtre ou D. des Andaman, Dicée unicolore
Indonesian: Burung Cabai Polos, Burung cabe hutan, Cabai Polos
Italian: Beccafiore disadorno, Beccafiori unicolore
Japanese (romaji): ao hana-dori, aohanadori
Japanese: アオハナドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 青花鳥
Scientific: Dicaeum [concolor, minullum or virescens], Dicaeum concolor, Dicaeum concolor concolor
Lithuanian: Vienspalvis žiedsiurbys
Malayalam: കരിംചുണ്ടന്‍   ഇത്തിക്കണ്ണിക്കുരുവി
Malay: Burung Sepah Puteri Bongsu
Dutch: Groengrijze Honingvogel
Norwegian: Olivenblomsterfugl
Polish: kwiatówka uboga
Pinyin: chún-sè zhuó-huā-niǎo, lǜ zhuó-huā, lǜ zhuó-huā-niǎo
Russian: Одноцветный цветосос
Slovak: bobuliar fádny, Nektárnik fádny
Swedish: Enfärgad blomsterpickare
Thai: นกกาฝากสีเรียบ
Thai (Transliteration): nók kaa-fàak sĭi-rîap
Ukrainian: Квіткоїд однобарвний
Vietnamese: Chim sâu vàng lục
Chinese: 啄花鸟, 純色啄花鳥, 綠啄花, 纯色啄花鸟, 绿啄花鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 純色啄花鳥, 綠啄花鳥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 綠啄花
Chinese (Taiwan): 绿啄花

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