Yellow-vented Flowerpecker

Scientific Name: Dicaeum chrysorrheum
Malay Name: Sepah-Puteri Tongkeng Kuning
Chinese Name: 黄臀啄花鸟

Range:
Found from the Himalayan Foothills to Southern China, mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Bali.

Taxonomy:
Polytypic. Subspecies are: chrysochlore, chrysorrheum.

Local Subspecies: chrysorrheum

Size: 10-10.5 cm

Identification:
Differentiated from other flowerpecker species from the whitish loral stripe, yellowish-olive upperparts, mostly white underparts with bold blackish steaks and the distinctive orange-yellow undertail-coverts or vent. Juvenile display greyer underparts with duller streaks and pale yellow undertail-coverts.

Habitat: Broadleaved forest and forest edge.

Behaviour/Ecology: Know as a frugivore, in particular as a visitor to fig crops.

Local Status: Rare resident

Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2016)

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Past accepted records in our database:

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker at Bukit Timah summit. Photo credit: Francis Yap

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker at Bukit Timah summit. Photo credit: Francis Yap

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker from Panti Bird Sanctuary. Photo credit: Con Foley

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker (juvenile) from Southern Thailand. Photo credit: Chris Li

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker from Panti Bird Sanctuary. Photo credit: Daniel Koh aka Hiker

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker (juvenile) from Southern Thailand. Photo credit: Micky Lim