Critically Endangered
Cebu Flowerpecker
Dicaeum quadricolor
The Cebu flowerpecker is a small passerine bird.
Appearance
This four-colored bird normally grows to 11 or 12 centimeters. The lower back is ochre with green approach. The underside is pale yellow.
Range and habitat
The Cebu Flowerpecker is known to inhabit the Tabunan Forest, the Babayungan Forest in Dalaguete, and the Nug-as Forest in Alcoy on the island of Cebu in the Philippines. The Cebu Flowerpecker is commonly found in the closed forest canopy and near flowering or fruiting plants. These areas are located in the interior and outskirt ranges of the forests. It is endemic to Cebu Island in the Philippines.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
While most diurnal birds tend to be active very early in the morning, the Cebu Flowerpecker differs. When foraging, it tends to fly quickly to its preferred flowering plant, feed, and then promptly fly away immediately after.
In crisis
Feared to have become extinct early in the 20th century, it was rediscovered in 1992 in a small patch of limestone forest in the Central Cebu Protected Landscape. While sightings until the 2000s were frequent, this species became rarer and rarer and some now believe that this species is now extinct. Despite attempts to protect its habitat it remains critically endangered due to illegal logging.
The Cebu Flowerpecker is currently categorized as critically endangered on the IUCN red list. Many threats are known to impact the Cebu Flowerpecker with varying degrees.
Cebu Flowerpecker is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Cebu Flowerpecker, Wikidata item Q2060964. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
