Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus percussus)

Family
Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck & Laugier, 1826)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus percussus) [XC822204]
by id from Lenggor Forest, Johor, Malaysia (uncertain)

Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus percussus) [XC808418]
by Mike Nelson from Panti Bird Sanctuary, Johor, Malaysia (flight call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker (Prionochilus xanthopygius) and Palawan Flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni), although distribution overlaps with that of Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker (Prionochilus xanthopygius) in parts of Borneo.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

percussus (Temminck & Laugier, 1826) - Western Java.
ignicapilla (Eyton, 1839) - Extreme southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim) south through Malay Peninsula (including Penang and Tioman I) to Sumatra (including Bangka and Belitung), also northern Natuna Is (Bunguran) and Borneo.
regulus (Meyer de Schauensee, 1940) - Batu Is, off western Sumatra.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus percussus) - 10 files

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