Species of Thailand
Scarlet-breasted flowerpecker
Prionochilus thoracicus
Coenraad Jacob Temminck, 1836
In Thai: นกกาฝากอกแดง
The scarlet-breasted flowerpecker (Prionochilus thoracicus) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae.
It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swamps.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Category / Seasonal Status
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Dicaeidae
- Genus
- Prionochilus
- Species
- Prionochilus thoracicus
Common names
- Thai: นกกาฝากอกแดง
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)
Near Threatened (BirdLife)
Endangered (ONEP)
Endangered (BCST)