Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
黄臀啄花鸟
Introduction
The yellow-vented flowerpecker (Pachyglossa chrysorrhea) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is found across South and Southeast Asia including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. A distinctive characteristic is its elongated outermost primary feathers, which differs from the vestigial outermost primary feathers found in most other species.
Distribution & Habitat
The species occurs across South and Southeast Asia from Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal through mainland Southeast Asia to the Malay Peninsula and islands including Sumatra, Borneo, and Java. It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Dicaeidae
- Genus
- Pachyglossa
- eBird Code
- yevflo1
Subspecies (2)
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Pachyglossa chrysorrhea chrysochloris
eastern Himalayas (Sikkim to southwestern China, Myanmar, and northern Indochina)
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Pachyglossa chrysorrhea chrysorrhea
southern peninsular Thailand to Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Bali
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.