Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Kvetozob Rudoprsý
Common Names in Danish:
Karminbrystet Blomsterpikker
Common Names in Dutch:
Blauwrug-Honingvogel, Blauwrughoningvogel
Common Names in English:
Crimson Breasted Flowerpecker, Crimson-Breasted Flowerpecker
Common Names in Finnish:
Rubiinikukastaja
Common Names in French:
Dicée Poignardé, Dicée à Poitrine Rouge, Dicée Poignardé
Common Names in German:
Meningbrust-Mistelfresser, Mennigbrust-Mistelfresser
Common Names in Indonesian:
Burung Cabe Punggung Biru
Common Names in Italian:
Beccafiore Pettocremisi, Beccafiori Pettocremisi
Common Names in Japanese:
Muneakahanadorimodoki
Common Names in Latin:
Prionochilus percussus
Common Names in Polish:
Krasniak Bialowasy
Common Names in Spanish:
Pica Flor De Pecho Rojo, Picaflores Carminoso
Description
Family Nectariniidae
A Family of tropical passerine birds that feed on nectar and insects. They fly fast on short wings, have long thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues. Nests are shaped like suspended purses.
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,740 meters (0 to -8,990 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.7Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove
Vegetation Above High Tide
Level
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
()
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
()
- Family:
Nectariniidae
()
- Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
- Subfamily:
Nectariniinae
()
- Tribe:
Dicaeini
()
- Genus:
Prionochilus
()
- Strickland 1841 PZS Pt9 no.99 p.29
- Specific name:
percussus
- (Temminck) 1826Pl.Col. livr.66 pl.394 fig.2
- Scientific name: - Prionochilus percussus (Temminck) 1826
- Specific name:
percussus
- (Temminck) 1826Pl.Col. livr.66 pl.394 fig.2
- Genus:
Prionochilus
(
- Tribe:
Dicaeini
(
- Subfamily:
Nectariniinae
(
- Family:
Nectariniidae
(
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Prionochilus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. aureolimbatus · P. everetti · P. johannae · P. maculatus (Yellow-Breasted Flowerpecker) · P. maculatus maculatus (Yellow-Throated Flowerpecker) · P. maculatus natunensis · P. maculatus oblitus · P. maculatus septentrionalis · P. modestus · P. olivaceus (Olive-Backed Flowerpecker) · P. olivaceus olivaceus (Olive-Backed Flowerpecker) · P. olivaceus parsoni · P. olivaceus parsonsi · P. olivaceus samarensis · P. percussus (Crimson-Breasted Flowerpecker) · P. percussus ignicapilla · P. percussus percussus (Crimson-Breasted Flowerpecker) · P. percussus regulus · P. plateni (Palawan Yellow-Rumped Flowerpecker) · P. plateni culionensis · P. plateni plateni (Palawan Yellow-Rumped Flowerpecker) · P. thoracicus (Scarlet-Breasted Flowerpecker) · P. xanthopygius (Bornean Yellow-Rumped Flowerpecker)
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Further Reading
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 210.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 239.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 65.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 303.
- The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. By Eugene W. Oates. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.]1889-98. ENG url p. 384.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 06, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3849546
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562457
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562457
- IUCN ID: 52919
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 145922
Footnotes
- Mean = -267.850 meters (-878.773 feet), Standard Deviation = 733.480 based on 1,090 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
