Palawan flowerpecker

Palawan 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. plateni
Binomial name
*Prionochilus plateni* Blasius, 1888

The Palawan flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni) is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The scientific name commemorates the German zoologist Carl Constantin Platen.

References

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↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Prionochilus plateni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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. anthonyi) Bicoloured 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) Flame-breasted 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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