Dicaeum quadricolor Tweeddale, 1877:762
Cebu Flowerpecker, Four-colored Flowerpecker
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Diaceum quadricolor Tweeddale, 1877 [orth. error]
Conservation Status
Last record: 1906 (October?)
Rediscovered in 1992
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Cebu, Philippines
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Tweeddale, Arthur Hay, 9th, Marquis of. (1878 "1877"). Contributions to the Ornithology of the Philippines. No. II. On the Collection made by Mr. A. H. Everett in the Island of Zebu. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877(4): 755-769.
Other references:
BirdLife International (2001) Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International. [Relevant pages]
BirdLife International. (2012). Dicaeum quadricolor. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 July 2012.
Collar, N. J. (1998). Extinction by assumption; or, the Romeo error on Cebu. Oryx 32: 239-244.
Dutson, G. (1993). Rediscovery of the Cebu Flowerpecker Dicaeum quadricolor reconfirmed. Oriental Bird Club Bull. 17: 14.
Dutson, Guy C. L., Magsalay, Perla M. and Timmins, Robert J. (1993). The rediscovery of the Cebu Flowerpecker Dicaeum quadricolor, with notes on other forest birds on Cebu, Philippines. Bird Conservation International 3: 235-243.
Fuller, Errol. (1988). Extinct Birds. New York: Facts on File Publications. 256 pp.
Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292. [p. 224]
Magsalay, P. M. (1993). Rediscovery of four Cebu endemic birds (Philippines). Asia Life Sciences 2(2): 141-148. [Abstract]
Paguntalan, Lisa Marie J. and Jakosalem, Philip Godfrey. (2008). Significant Records of Birds in Forests on Cebu Island, Central Philippines. Forktail 24: 48-56.
Rabor, D. S. (1959). The impact of deforestation on birds of Cebu, Philippines, with new records for that island. Auk 76: 37-43.
Sarenas, Ivan. (2016). In search of the Cebu Flowerpecker. Smile Magazine [pagination?]
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Timmins, R. (1992). Is the Cebu Flowerpecker extinct? Oriental Bird Club Bull. 15: 10-11.