Crimson-breasted flowerpecker

Last updated October 02, 2025

Crimson-breasted flowerpecker

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Dicaeidae
Genus:	Prionochilus
Species:	P. percussus
Binomial name
*Prionochilus percussus* (Temminck, 1826)

The crimson-breasted flowerpecker (Prionochilus percussus) is a bird species in the family Dicaeidae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Prionochilus percussus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22717457A94532900. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717457A94532900.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.

v t e Dicaeidae (flowerpeckers)
Genus	Species
Dicaeum	Golden-rumped flowerpecker (D. annae) Thick-billed flowerpecker (D. agile) Striped flowerpecker (D. aeruginosum) Brown-backed flowerpecker (D. everetti) Whiskered flowerpecker (D. proprium) Yellow-vented flowerpecker (D. chrysorrheum) Yellow-bellied flowerpecker (D. melanoxanthum) Legge's flowerpecker (D. vincens) Yellow-sided flowerpecker (D. aureolimbatum) Olive-capped flowerpecker (D. nigrilore) Flame-crowned flowerpecker (D. kampalili) Yellow-crowned flowerpecker (D. anthonyi) Bicolored flowerpecker (D. bicolor) Cebu flowerpecker (D. quadricolor) Red-keeled flowerpecker (D. australe) Black-belted flowerpecker (D. haematostictum) Scarlet-collared flowerpecker (D. retrocinctum) Orange-bellied flowerpecker (D. trigonostigma) Pale-billed flowerpecker (D. erythrorhynchos) Nilgiri flowerpecker (D. concolor) Plain flowerpecker (D. minullum) Andaman flowerpecker (D. virescens) Buru flowerpecker (D. erythrothorax) Halmahera flowerpecker (D. schistaceiceps) Buzzing flowerpecker (D. hypoleucum) Pygmy flowerpecker (D. pygmaeum) Crimson-crowned flowerpecker (D. nehrkorni) Ashy flowerpecker (D. vulneratum) Olive-crowned flowerpecker (D. pectorale) Red-capped flowerpecker (D. geelvinkianum) Louisiade flowerpecker (D. nitidum) Red-banded flowerpecker (D. eximium) Midget flowerpecker (D. aeneum) Mottled flowerpecker (D. tristrami) Black-fronted flowerpecker (D. igniferum) Blue-cheeked flowerpecker (D. maugei) Fire-breasted flowerpecker (D. ignipectus) Black-sided flowerpecker (D. monticolum) Grey-sided flowerpecker (D. celebicum) Blood-breasted flowerpecker (D. sanguinolentum) Mistletoebird (D. hirundinaceum) Scarlet-backed flowerpecker (D. cruentatum) Scarlet-headed flowerpecker (D. trochileum) Wakatobi flowerpecker (D. kuehni)
Prionochilus	Yellow-breasted flowerpecker (P. maculatus) Olive-backed flowerpecker (P. olivaceus) Crimson-breasted flowerpecker (P. percussus) Palawan flowerpecker (P. plateni) Scarlet-breasted flowerpecker (P. thoracicus) Yellow-rumped flowerpecker (P. xanthopygius)
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Taxon identifiers
Prionochilus percussus	Wikidata: Q958706 Wikispecies: Prionochilus percussus ADW: Prionochilus_percussus Avibase: C52E5D0978A54941 BirdLife: 22717457 BOW: crbflo1 eBird: crbflo1 EoL: 1051810 GBIF: 5229962 iNaturalist: 13446 IRMNG: 10210756 ITIS: 562457 IUCN: 22717457 NCBI: 667171 Open Tree of Life: 172532 Xeno-canto: Prionochilus-percussus

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