Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker

Prionochilus maculatus

Piccolo uccello distintivo con un dorso verde oliva, parti inferiori gialle striate e una macchia arancione brillante sulla corona. Il Beccafiori dal sottocoda giallo è in qualche modo simile ma manca la corona arancione e la prominente striscia bianca a baffo, e ha striature più contrastanti sulle parti inferiori. Foraggia attivamente in alberi da frutto e in fiore, in particolare il vischio, muovendosi ai livelli medi e superiori della foresta di pianura e pedemontana e del margine della foresta. Emette cinguettii acuti e trilli simili a insetti cinguettanti.

Identificazione

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.

Tassonomia

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 &amp; Kloss, 1921)<p>Prionochilus maculatus oblitus (Mayr, 1938)<p>Prionochilus maculatus natunensis (Chasen, 1935)

Nome scientifico
Prionochilus maculatus
Autorità
(Temminck, 1836)
Ordine
Passeriformi
Famiglia
Dicaeidae
Genere
Prionochilus

Areale e 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.

Migrazione
Specie stanziale

Comportamento

Comportamento migratorio: Specie stanziale.

Conservazione

Tendenza della popolazione: stabile.

Tendenza della popolazione
stabile

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