Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker

Prionochilus maculatus (Temminck, 1836)

Dicaeidae — Flowerpeckers

Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker, Prionochilus maculatus, is a bird of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo in the Oriental Region, and it belongs to the flowerpecker family. It is also recorded from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, while Singapore is no longer part of its range. It lives in moist lowland and montane forest, including forest edge, and uses the middle and upper layers of woodland in lowland and foothill areas. The species was described in 1836 by Temminck. Four subspecies are recognised, with forms from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and the Natuna Islands.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae — Flowerpeckers
Breeding range: Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo