Yellow-vented flowerpecker
| Yellow-vented flowerpecker | |
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| Yellow-vented Flowerpecker in Guwahati, Assam, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dicaeidae |
| Genus: | Pachyglossa |
| Species: | P. chrysorrhea
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachyglossa chrysorrhea (Temminck, 1829)
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| Synonyms | |
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Dicaeum chrysorrheum | |
The yellow-vented flowerpecker (Pachyglossa chrysorrhea) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[1] While most species have vestigial outermost primary feathers, those of the yellow-vented flowerpecker are elongated.[2] This species was formerly placed in the genus Dicaeum.
References
- ^ a b c BirdLife International. (2024). "Dicaeum chrysorrheum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T22717484A264304547. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22717484A264304547.en. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ Nyári, Árpád S.; Peterson, A. Townsend; Rice, Nathan H.; Moyle, Robert G. (2009-12-01). "Phylogenetic relationships of flowerpeckers (Aves: Dicaeidae): Novel insights into the evolution of a tropical passerine clade". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (3): 613–619. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.014. hdl:1808/6569. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 19576993.
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