Yellow-vented Flowerpecker

This species is defined as a Review Species . Please submit your records of this species via our record submission page .

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: Very rare resident

Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2016)

Featured reports: Dec 2023, Jan 2024

Past records in our database:

Showing only accepted records. Note that records currently under review are also not displayed, and the list may not be a full list of records of this species in Singapore. For more details, check the database here.

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 from Panti Bird Sanctuary. Photo credit: Con Foley
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker (juvenile) from Southern Thailand. Photo credit: Micky Lim
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker at Bukit Timah summit. Photo credit: Francis Yap
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker at Bukit Timah summit. Photo credit: Francis Yap
External Links:

Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page

Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link

Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link

eBird Species page: eBird (Yellow-vented Flowerpecker)

References:

BirdLife International. (2016). Dicaeum chrysorrheum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717484A94534755.en. Accessed on 1 January 2023

Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

Wells, D. R. (1999). The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula (Vol. 1). Academic Press, London.

RECOMMENDED CITATION

Bird Society of Singapore. (n.d.). Yellow-vented Flowerpecker. Retrieved on May 12, 2024 from https://singaporebirds.com/species/yellow-vented-flowerpecker.

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