Yellow-rumped flowerpecker

Yellow-rumped flowerpecker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Prionochilus
Species: P. xanthopygius
Binomial name
Prionochilus xanthopygius
Salvadori, 1868

The yellow-rumped flowerpecker (Prionochilus xanthopygius) is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia on the island of Borneo, to which it is endemic.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Prionochilus xanthopygius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Phillipps, Quentin; & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.


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