Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus) [XC610596]
by Joshua Chong from Johor, Panti Forest Reserve, Bunker Trail, Malaysia (call)
Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus) [XC64683]
by Albert Lastukhin from Baloi area, Maruwai-Tuhup catchment, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia (call)
Subspecies
Subspecies septentrionalis intergrades with oblitus in southern Thailand. Proposed subspecies opistatus (from Nias I) considered insufficiently distinct from nominate to warrant separation.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
septentrionalis Robinson & Kloss, 1921 - Extreme S
Myanmar (southern Tenasserim) and peninsular Thailand.
oblitus (Mayr, 1938) - Extreme southern Thailand and Peninsular
Malaysia.
maculatus (Temminck & Laugier, 1836) - Sumatra (including Nias I
and Belitung) and Borneo.
natunensis (Chasen, 1935) - Northern Natuna Is (Bunguran).