Yellow-vented Flowerpecker

Pachyglossa chrysorrhea

Family: Flowerpeckers · Status: Very rare resident · Size: 10–10.5 cm · Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Ranges from Nepal and northeastern India through Indochina, south to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Bali.

Identification

A distinctive flowerpecker. Differentiated from other flowerpeckers by the whitish loral stripe, yellowish-olive upperparts, mostly white underparts with bold blackish streaks, and distinctive orange-yellow undertail-coverts. Juvenile has greyer underparts with duller, less well-defined streaks and pale yellow undertail-coverts.

Habitat

Lowland forest, secondary forest, and forest edge; also gardens and orchards.

Behaviour

A frugivore specialising in mistletoe fruits and small figs; also takes nectar and insects.