Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker
Prionochilus thoracicus(Temminck, CJ, 1836)
English (US) Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker
The Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus thoracicus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southern Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Riau and Lingga archipelagos, and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prionochilus thoracicus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pardalotus thoracicus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1836)
- Type locality
- Borneo.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.101, vol.3 pl.600 fig.1,2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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