Yellow-vented Flowerpecker

This species is defined as a rarity. 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: Rare resident

Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2016)

Past accepted records in our database: Showing the most recent 10 records. See more on our database page.

Past records, bar chart (see more bar charts):

Photos:

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: Daniel Koh aka Hiker
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 (juvenile) from Southern Thailand. Photo credit: Micky Lim

External Links:
Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page
Photos: Oriental Bird Images
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 19 December 2021

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.