Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
Pachyglossa chrysorrhea (Temminck, 1829)
Dicaeidae — Flowerpeckers
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker, Pachyglossa chrysorrhea, is a bird of the Oriental Region, with a breeding range from the Himalayas to Borneo and Bali. It belongs to the flowerpecker family, Dicaeidae, and was described by Temminck in 1829. A notable feature of this species is that its outermost primary feathers are elongated, unlike the reduced feathers seen in most of its relatives. It was once included in the genus Dicaeum.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Dicaeidae — Flowerpeckers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Himalayas to Borneo and Bali
