Yellow-vented flowerpecker
Dicaeum chrysorrheum Temminck, 1829
The yellow-vented flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum) is a species in the family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Quick facts about the yellow-vented flowerpecker
- Weight
- 9 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
- 2.4src 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-vented flowerpecker live?
Not recorded
What is the yellow-vented flowerpecker?
The yellow-vented flowerpecker (Pachyglossa chrysorrhea) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. While most species have vestigial outermost primary feathers, those of the yellow-vented flowerpecker are elongated. This species was formerly placed in the genus Dicaeum.
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Is the yellow-vented flowerpecker endangered?
The yellow-vented flowerpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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-vented flowerpecker classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyDicaeidae
- genusDicaeum
- SpeciesDicaeum chrysorrheum Temminck, 1829
Synonyms Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
Other names and names in other languages (24)
- picaflors estriatCatalan
- květozob prostýCzech
- pigwr blodau tinfelynWelsh
- Gulgumpet BlomsterpikkerDanish
- Gelbsteiß-MistelfresserGerman
- Picaflores PechiestriadoSpanish
- viirukukastajaFinnish
- Dicée cul-d'orFrench
- Dicée cul-d’orFrench
- prugastotrba imelašicaCroatian
- Cabai rimbaIndonesian
- Beccafiore culgialloItalian
- ムナフハナドリJapanese
- geltonsturplis žiedsiurbysLithuanian
- svartstripeblomsterfuglNorwegian Bokmål
- Gevlekte HoningvogelDutch
- kwiatówka zielonogrzbietaPolish
- pica-flor-de-peito-estriadoPortuguese
- Желтобрюхий цветоедRussian
- bobuliar zelenochrbtýSlovak
- gulgumpad blomsterpickareSwedish
- นกกาฝากก้นเหลืองThai
- квіткоїд смугастогрудийUkrainian
- 黄臀啄花鸟Chinese
Relatives of the yellow-vented flowerpecker
Other species in the same genus Dicaeum.

Scarlet-backed flowerpecker
Dicaeum cruentatum

Pale-billed flowerpecker
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos

Thick-billed flowerpecker
Dicaeum agile

Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Fire-breasted flowerpecker
Dicaeum ignipectus

Yellow-sided flowerpecker
Dicaeum aureolimbatum
CompareYellow-vented flowerpecker vs Scarlet-backed flowerpeckerYellow-vented flowerpecker vs Pale-billed flowerpeckerYellow-vented flowerpecker vs Thick-billed flowerpeckerYellow-vented flowerpecker vs Mistletoebird
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the yellow-vented flowerpecker?
An adult yellow-vented flowerpecker weighs 9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the yellow-vented flowerpecker endangered?
The yellow-vented 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-vented flowerpecker?
The yellow-vented flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum) belongs to the family Dicaeidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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