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Photo by kctsang
Panti forest, Johore, western Malaysia, July 2006

Prionochilus percussus

[edit] Identification

10 cm

• Slate blue grey upperparts
• Yellow underparts
• Red crown patch
• Crimson patch on breast
• Downcurved white streak by sides of bill
• Dark iris
• Dark grey, hooked bill
• Grey legs and feet

Female
Photo by wondersf2010
Taman Recreation Ampang, Malaysia, January 2010

[edit] Distribution

South-east Asia: found in Malay Peninsula, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra and Java.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• P. p. ignicapilla:

• Malaya, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Riau Archaepelago, northern Natuna Island

• P. p. regulus:

• Batu Island (off western Sumatra)

• P. p. percussus:

• Java

[edit] Habitat

Lowland and hill forest, forest edges, gardens. Mostly seen in the lower or middle storey where the flowers are.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes fruits (berries from the Straits Rododendrum, and cherries from the Indian Cherry tree are particular favourites), pollen and nectar.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia
3. Bird Ecology Study Group
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

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