By Dr. Josephine Agapito
Cebu Flowerpecker artwork from HBW, EDGE .
About 50 species of animals are Critically Endangered in the state because
I hope it will be acted well.
Help everyone
so that extinction does not happen.
Dicaeum quadricolor is the scientific name
Cebu Flowerpecker the English name is
Frugivorous because the fruits are inclined
Ficus and mistle toe Loranthus are examples of plants
It is also a type of passerine bird as it is called.
The group is small and it is also endangered.
The problem is the destruction of the forest that is their home. It is
one of the things that needs to be protected from extinction.
The size of the bird is 11 to 12 centimeters.
The male and female are different in color. There
is a large light red triangle
on the back. The feathers are a little green.
Shiny black on the neck, side wings and tail
While the center of the belly is bright red White
on the rest of the belly and on the inner wing
Olive green around the whole body
If the female bird is to be observed
On its back the color is brown
The part with the head is olive green
The same is true for the winged one but it is not bright if you look at it
Olive yellow on the part leading to the tail
On the chest it is white with an olive yellow ring next to it
The same color as on the belly but it is very bright
Fur under the shoulder has a white color inside
It is believed to be one of the ten rarest birds (rarest)
whose number is really few today (less than 100)
The reduction continues in the present time
'Because the forest habitat is being destroyed by modernization
Therefore, if
local government and community in Cebu can pay attention, find out
State of the bird should be given attention
Critically Endangered and may we save more
