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Palawan flowerpecker

Prionochilus plateni W. Blasius, 1888

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The palawan flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni) is a species in the family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 8.48 g to 8.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Palawan flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni)
Photo: Rackk67 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the palawan flowerpecker

Weight
8.48 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the palawan flowerpecker live?

Not recorded

What is the palawan flowerpecker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Palawan flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found only in the Palawan island group. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Palawan flowerpecker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palawan_flowerpecker&oldid=1349119960), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the palawan flowerpecker endangered?

The palawan flowerpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the palawan flowerpecker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicaeidae
  6. genusPrionochilus
  7. SpeciesPrionochilus plateni W. Blasius, 1888
Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • نقار الزهر البالاوانيArabic
  • picaflors de l'illa PalawanCatalan
  • květozob palawanskýCzech
  • pigwr blodau PalawanWelsh
  • Palawan BlomsterpikkerDanish
  • PalawanmistelfresserGerman
  • Palawan-MistelfresserGerman
  • palavana dikeoEsperanto
  • Picaflores de PalawanSpanish
  • palawaninkukastajaFinnish
  • Dicée de PalawanFrench
  • palavanska imelašicaCroatian
  • Beccafiore di PalawanItalian
  • Beccafiori groppone giallo di PalawanItalian
  • パラワンハナドリモドキJapanese
  • palavaninis žiedčiulpysLithuanian
  • Platens HoningvogelDutch
  • palawanblomsterfuglNorwegian
  • kraśniak zbroczonyPolish
  • پالاوان پھل ٹھونگاWestern Panjabi
  • pica-flor-de-palauãPortuguese
  • pica-flor-de-palawanPortuguese
  • Палаванский цветоедRussian
  • Палаванский цветососRussian
  • bobuliar bielobradýSlovak
  • Palavanska cvetarkaSerbian
  • palawanblomsterpickareSwedish
  • Palavan ÖksekuşuTurkish
  • красняк палаванськийUkrainian
  • 巴拉望啄花鸟Chinese
  • 巴拉旺鋸嘴啄花Chinese

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Relatives of the palawan flowerpecker

Other species in the same genus Prionochilus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the palawan flowerpecker?

An adult palawan flowerpecker weighs 8.48 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the palawan flowerpecker endangered?

The palawan flowerpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the palawan flowerpecker?

The palawan flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Palawan flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/palawan-flowerpecker

MLA

“Palawan flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/palawan-flowerpecker.

BibTeX
@misc{palawan_flowerpecker_2026,
  title = {Palawan flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palawan-flowerpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}