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Yellow-breasted flowerpecker

Prionochilus maculatus (Temminck, 1836)

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The yellow-breasted flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus) is a species in the family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 7.83 g to 9.43 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-breasted flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus)
Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-breasted flowerpecker

Weight
7.83 g – 9.43 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
2src for Young per litter or clutch
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 yellow-breasted flowerpecker live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-breasted flowerpecker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-breasted flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-breasted flowerpecker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-breasted_flowerpecker&oldid=1332361571), 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 yellow-breasted flowerpecker endangered?

The yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted flowerpecker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicaeidae
  6. genusPrionochilus
  7. SpeciesPrionochilus maculatus (Temminck, 1836)

Synonyms Pardalotus maculatus

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • نقار الزهر أصفر الصدرArabic
  • picaflors de coroneta vermellaCatalan
  • květozob pruhoprsýCzech
  • pigwr blodau bronfelynWelsh
  • Olivenstribet BlomsterpikkerDanish
  • GelbbrustmistelfresserGerman
  • Goldbrust-MistelfresserGerman
  • GoldbrustmistelfresserGerman
  • flavbrusta dikeoEsperanto
  • Picaflores moteadoSpanish
  • pensaskukastajaFinnish
  • Dicée tachetéFrench
  • žutoprsa imelašicaCroatian
  • sárgabegyű virágjáróHungarian
  • Pentis rajaIndonesian
  • Beccafiori golagiallaItalian
  • Beccafiore pettogialloItalian
  • キムネハナドリモドキJapanese
  • geltonkrūtis žiedčiulpysLithuanian
  • GeelbuikhoningvogelDutch
  • grønnstripeblomsterfuglNorwegian
  • kraśniak plamistyPolish
  • pica-flor-manchadoPortuguese
  • Fura-flor-de-barriga-amarelaPortuguese
  • pica-flor-de-peito-amareloPortuguese
  • Желтогрудый цветоедRussian
  • Желтогрудый цветососRussian
  • Золотогрудый цветососRussian
  • bobuliar škvrnitýSlovak
  • Žutogruda cvetarkaSerbian
  • gulbröstad blomsterpickareSwedish
  • นกกาฝากอกเหลืองThai
  • Sarı Göğüslü ÖksekuşuTurkish
  • красняк золотомушковийUkrainian
  • 黃胸鋸嘴啄花Chinese
  • 黃喉鋸齒啄花鳥Chinese
  • 黄喉锯齿啄花鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted flowerpecker?

An adult yellow-breasted flowerpecker weighs 7.83 g – 9.43 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-breasted flowerpecker endangered?

The yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted flowerpecker?

The yellow-breasted flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_breasted_flowerpecker_2026,
  title = {Yellow-breasted flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-breasted-flowerpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}