Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae) - HBW 13
Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus)
French:
Dicée tacheté
German: Goldbrust-Mistelfresser
Spanish:
Picaflores Moteado
Other common names: Yellow-throated Flowerpecker
Taxonomy: Pardalotus
maculatus Temminck, 1836, Borneo.
Geographical
variation not well marked. Race septentrionalis intergrades
with oblitus in S Thailand. Proposed race opistatus (from
Nias I) considered insufficiently distinct from nominate to warrant
separation. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- septentrionalis Robinson & Kloss, 1921 - extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim) and peninsular Thailand.
- oblitus (Mayr, 1938) - extreme S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
- maculatus (Temminck, 1836) - Sumatra (including Nias I and Belitung) and Borneo.
- natunensis (Chasen, 1935) - N Natuna Is (Bunguran).
- Least Concern
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An adult feeding on fruits. Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp oblitus)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 18 sec 2.8
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An adult in a tree. Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp oblitus)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3
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