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[[Image:IMG 1014 copy.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Karim+Madoya|Karim Madoya}}<br />Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, [[Malaysia]], May 2007]]
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[[Image:IMG 1014 copy.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Karim+Madoya|Karim Madoya}}<br />Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, [[Malaysia]], May 2007]]
 
;[[:Category:Prionochilus|Prionochilus]] xanthopygius
 
;[[:Category:Prionochilus|Prionochilus]] xanthopygius
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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*Slate-blue head and upperparts
 
*Slate-blue head and upperparts
 
*Yellow underparts and rump
 
*Yellow underparts and rump
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*White [[Topography#Wings|Axillaries]]<br />
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[[Image:12905yellow-rumped_flowerpecker4044c.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Joe+Pan|Joe Pan}}<br />Gomantong, Kinabatangan, Sabah, [[Malaysia]], June 2006]]
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'''Female'''
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*Grey face
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*Yellowish-green upperparts
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*Yellow underparts
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*Silvery-white scapulars
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
South-east [[Asia]]: found in the lowlands of [[Indochina]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], Island of [[Borneo]] and [[Indonesia]]
 
South-east [[Asia]]: found in the lowlands of [[Indochina]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], Island of [[Borneo]] and [[Indonesia]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
[[Image:12905yellow-rumped_flowerpecker4044c.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Joe+Pan|Joe Pan}}<br />Gomantong, Kinabatangan, Sabah, [[Malaysia]], June 2006]]
 
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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[[Image:160505007 YRF.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Male, showing ruby crown patch<br />Photo by {{user|MacNara|MacNara}}<br />Danum Valley, [[Borneo]], May 2016]]
 
Peat swamp and secondary forests, forest edges. Dipterocarp forests and plantations.
 
Peat swamp and secondary forests, forest edges. Dipterocarp forests and plantations.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==

Revision as of 21:34, 30 September 2016

Male
Photo by Karim Madoya
Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, May 2007
Prionochilus xanthopygius

Identification

9 cm (3½)
Male

  • Slate-blue head and upperparts
  • Yellow underparts and rump
  • White Axillaries
Female
Photo by Joe Pan
Gomantong, Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia, June 2006

Female

  • Grey face
  • Yellowish-green upperparts
  • Yellow underparts
  • Silvery-white scapulars

Distribution

South-east Asia: found in the lowlands of Indochina, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Island of Borneo and Indonesia

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Male, showing ruby crown patch
Photo by MacNara
Danum Valley, Borneo, May 2016

Peat swamp and secondary forests, forest edges. Dipterocarp forests and plantations.

Behaviour

Diet

They eat flowers, nectar, pollen, buds, ripe fruit, insects and spiders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2016)

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