Yellow-vented flowerpecker
Species of bird in Asia
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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.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[1] While most species have vestigial outermost primary feathers, those of the yellow-vented flowerpecker are elongated.[2] This species was formerly placed in the genus Dicaeum.
| Yellow-vented flowerpecker | |
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| Yellow-vented Flowerpecker in Guwahati, Assam, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dicaeidae |
| Genus: | Pachyglossa |
| Species: | P. chrysorrhea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachyglossa chrysorrhea (Temminck, 1829) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dicaeum chrysorrheum | |
