White-bellied Flowerpecker

SCI Name:  Dicaeum hypoleucum
Protonym:  Dicaeum hypoleucum Nature 14 p.298
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Dicaeidae / Dicaeum
Taxonomy Code:  whbflo1
Type Locality:  Basilan.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

DICAEUM
(Dicaeidae; Ϯ Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker D. cruentatum) Gr. δικαιον dikaion  supposedly an Indian bird mentioned by Aelianus, but the name probably refers to the scarab beetle Scarabaeus; "LES DICÉES. (DICÆUM. Cuv.) (3).  Ne grimpent pas non plus, et n'ont pas la queue usée; leur bec aigu, arqué, pas plus long que la tête, est déprimé et élargi à sa base. Ils viennent des Indes-Orientales, sont fort petits, et portent généralement de l'écarlate dans leur plumage.   ...   (3) DICÆUM, nom d'un très-petit oiseau des Indes selon Ælien. A ce sous-genre appartiennent certh. erythronotos, Vieill. II, 35. Le C. cruentata, Edw. 81, en est probablement une variété d'âge.  —  C. rubra, Vieill. pl. 54.  —  C. erythropygia, Lath. 2^e Supp.  —  C. tæniata, Sonn. II^e Voy. pl. 107, fig. 3.  —  C. cantillans, id. ib. 2." (Cuvier 1817); "Dicaeum Cuvier, 1817, Règne Animal., 1, p. 410. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 13), Certhia erythronotum Gmelin = Certhia erythronotos Latham = Certhia cruentata Linnaeus." (Salomonsen in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 174).
Var. Diceaum, Diceum, Dicoeum, Decaeum.
Synon. Austrodicaeum, Bournsia, Chilociris, Chromatociris, Cryptociris, Microchelidon, Myzanthe, Pachyglossa, Phenacistes, Polisornis, Psarisoma.

hypoleucos / hypoleucum
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; λευκος leukos  white (cf. ὑπολευκος hupoleukos  whitish).
● "78. TRINGA.  ...  Hypoleucos.  9. T. rostro lævi, pedibus lividis, corpore cinereo lituris nigris: subtus albo. Fn. svec. 147.  Tringa minor. Will. orn. 223. t. 35. Raj. av. 108.  Gallinula hypoleucos. Gesn. av. 509. Aldr. orn. 3. p. 469.  Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Actitis).

SUBSPECIES

White-bellied Flowerpecker (cagayanense)
SCI Name: Dicaeum hypoleucum cagayanense
cagayanense / cagayanensis
● Cagayan Sulu, Tawi-Tawi Province, Philippines (subsp. Anthreptes malacensis, syn. Dicrurus palawanensis, subsp. Mixornis gularis, subsp. Orthotomus ruficeps).
● Cagayan Province, north-eastern Luzon, Philippines (subsp. Dasylophus superciliosus, subsp. Dicaeum hypoleucum).

White-bellied Flowerpecker (obscurum)
SCI Name: Dicaeum hypoleucum obscurum
obscurum / obscurus
L. obscurus  dark, dusky.
● ex “Hook-billed Green Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Akialoa).
● ex “Dusky-crowned Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Clytolaema rubricauda).
● ex “Dusky Tody” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Contopus virens).
● ex “Pic verd de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Dendropicos griseocephalus).
● ex “Dusky Falcon” of Pennant 1787 (syn. Falco columbarius).
● ex “Dusky Grosbeak” (= ☼) of Pennant, 1784 (syn. Hedymeles ludovicianus).
● ex “Obscure Fly-catcher” of Latham 1823 (syn. Hemipus hirundinaceus).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  obscurus.  3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236.  Habitat in Africa?" (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.: ?‡syn. Mascarinus mascarin).
● ex “White-rumped Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
● ex “Tolocatzenatl” of Ray 1713, “Sturnus novae Hispaniae” of Brisson 1760, “Tolcana” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Brown-headed Stare” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Dusky Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pennula sandwichensis).
● ex “Dusky Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Phaeornis).
● ex “Black and White Dobchick” of Edwards 1747, “Colymbus minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petit Grèbe” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 942, and “Dusky Grebe” of Pennant 1785, and of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps auritus cornutus).
● ex “Dusky Plover” of Latham 1781 (cf. Dusky Bay, New Zealand) (Pluviorhynchus).
● ex “Dusky Petrel” of Latham 1785 (syn. Puffinus assimilis).
● ex “Indian Raven” of Willughby 1676, and “Wreathed Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Rhyticeros plicatus).
● ex “Dark Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
● "This specimen, like many from the Anthony collection, is badly soiled, a condition which may have led Anthony to name a dark race" (Browning 1979) (syn. Vireo huttoni).
● "44. PSITTACUS.   ...   obscurus.  3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236.  Habitat in Africa ?" (Linnaeus 1758); "Linnæus identified his Psittacus obscurus with P. mascarinus, Briss.  ...  but the evidence is against this identification" (Salvadori 1891) (unident.; nom. dub.). 

White-bellied Flowerpecker (pontifex)
SCI Name: Dicaeum hypoleucum pontifex
pontifex
L. pontifex, pontificis  high priest (cf. Late L. pontifex bishop)  < pons, pontis  bridge; facere  to make.
● "Similar to buensis, but much larger and with stronger bill" (Mayr 1933) (subsp. Clytorhynchus vitiensis).
● Lorolberg, middle Sepik, New Guinea (subsp. Sericornis nouhuysi).

White-bellied Flowerpecker (mindanense)
SCI Name: Dicaeum hypoleucum mindanense
mindanaensis / mindanaoensis / mindanense / mindanensis
Mindanao, Philippines (named after the Maguindanao, a Moro people and former sultanate of the southern Philippines).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Merle de Mindanao” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 627, fig. 1 (Copsychus).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Merle de Mindanao” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 627, fig. 1, and “Mindanao Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Copsychus mindanensis).
● ex “Coucou tacheté de Mindanao” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Eudynamys scolopacea).

White-bellied Flowerpecker (hypoleucum)
SCI Name: Dicaeum hypoleucum hypoleucum
hypoleucos / hypoleucum
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; λευκος leukos  white (cf. ὑπολευκος hupoleukos  whitish).
● "78. TRINGA.  ...  Hypoleucos.  9. T. rostro lævi, pedibus lividis, corpore cinereo lituris nigris: subtus albo. Fn. svec. 147.  Tringa minor. Will. orn. 223. t. 35. Raj. av. 108.  Gallinula hypoleucos. Gesn. av. 509. Aldr. orn. 3. p. 469.  Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Actitis).