Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus) [XC191943]
by Frank Lambert from Jemaluang, Mersing, Johor, Malaysia (song)
Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus) [XC196805]
by Mike Nelson from Kubah National Park, nr Park HQ, Sarawak, Malaysia (song)
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).