Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
Prionochilus maculatus
Distinctive little bird with an olive-green back, striped yellow underparts, and a bright orange crown patch. Yellow-vented Flowerpecker is somewhat similar but lacks the orange crown and prominent white moustache stripe, and has more contrasting streaking on the underparts. Forages actively in fruiting and flowering trees, particularly mistletoe, moving at middle and upper levels of lowland and foothill forest and forest edge. Gives high-pitched chirps and chittering insect-like trills.
Identification
The yellow-breasted flowerpecker has an olive green back, a bright neon orange patch on the top of its head, and a yellow underbelly with black streaks located on the sides. The iris is red, and the throat contains brushes of white. The legs are gray and anisodactyl. Both males and females of this species share a similar look with the female having slight differences in coloration. The male yellow-breasted flowerpecker ranges from 7.5 to 11.8 inches, while the female yellow-breasted flowerpecker ranges from 7.8 to 7.9 inches. The chirps of this bird are high pitched. The average lifespan of this bird is 2.4 years.
Taxonomy
The scientific name of the yellow-breasted flowerpecker is Prionochilus maculatus. These birds are members of the Dicaeidae family. The yellow-breasted flowerpecker was assessed and classified in 1836 by Coenraad Jacob Temminck, a Dutch zoologist and museum director, and Jules Meiffren-Laugier de Chartrouse, a French scientist and politician.<p>There are 4 subspecies:<p>Prionochilus maculatus maculatus (Temminck, 1836)<p>Prionochilus maculatus septentrionalis (Robinson & Kloss, 1921)<p>Prionochilus maculatus oblitus (Mayr, 1938)<p>Prionochilus maculatus natunensis (Chasen, 1935)
- Scientific name
- Prionochilus maculatus
- Authority
- (Temminck, 1836)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Dicaeidae
- Genus
- Prionochilus
Range and habitat
The yellow-breasted flowerpecker is found in the subtropical forest habitat. The yellow-breasted flowerpecker forages in the middle and upper levels of lowland and foothill forest and forest edge. This species presence has a broad range that expands across southern Asia. This bird is native to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. This species is now considered extinct in Singapore. The yellow-breasted flowerpecker is not a migrant bird and maintains residence in the terrestrial system.
- Migration
- Resident species
Behavior
Migration pattern: Resident species.
Conservation
Population trend: stable.
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
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