Dicaeum nitidum

Conservation status: 

Not Threatened

Phylogeny: 

Taxonomy: Dicaeum nitidum Tristram, 1889, Sudest (= Tagula) Island, Louisiade Archipelago, New Guinea. Forms a superspecies with D. nehrkorni, D. erythrothorax, D. vulneratum, D. pectorale, D. geelvinkianum, D. eximium and D. aeneum. Could perhaps be considered conspecific with D. pectorale and/or D. geelvinkianum. Two subspecies recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)

Distribution: 

Subspecies and Distribution:

    * nitidum Tristram, 1889 - Louisiade Archipelago (Misima I, Tagula I), off SE New Guinea. * rosseli Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1914 - Rossel I, in E Louisiades.
Taxonomic name: 
Dicaeum nitidum (Species)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith