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[[Image:Yellow rumped flowerpecker-01-647x918.jpeg|thumb|450px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|darwin1601|darwin1601}}<br />Sepilok, Sabah, [[Borneo]], November 2018]]
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;[[:Category:Prionochilus|Prionochilus]] xanthopygius
[[Image:12905yellow-rumped_flowerpecker4044c.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by <b>Joe Pan at Gomantong, Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia. ]]
 
==Description==
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
==Distribution & Taxonomy==
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9 cm (3½)<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Slate-blue head and upperparts
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*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 &copy; 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==
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South-east [[Asia]]: found in the lowlands of [[Indochina]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], Island of [[Borneo]] and [[Indonesia]]
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==Taxonomy==
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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 &copy; by {{user|MacNara|MacNara}}<br />Danum Valley, [[Borneo]], May 2016]]
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Peat swamp and secondary forests, forest edges. Dipterocarp forests and plantations.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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They eat flowers, nectar, pollen, buds, ripe fruit, insects and spiders.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2016)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Prionochilus]]

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Male
Photo © by darwin1601
Sepilok, Sabah, Borneo, November 2018
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. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. 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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