Plumage-types of the Little-known Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus (Aves: Passeriformes: Dicaeidae)

Ingkayut Sa-ar; Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang

Plumage-types of the Little-known Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus (Aves: Passeriformes: Dicaeidae)

Authors

Ingkayut Sa-ar Bird Conservation Society of Thailand, 221 Mu 2, SoiNgamwongwan 27 Ngamwongwan Road, Bangkhen, Muang, Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand
Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University Phyathai Road, Pathumwan District Bangkok 10330

Keywords:

Prionochilus thoracicus, Plumage-types, Dicaeidae

Abstract

Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker, Prionochilus thoracicus is a scarce flowerpecker inhabiting in lowland forest of the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Plumages of an adult, as well as a juvenile, of this species have been well described in literature. However, details of moulting are still missing. This article presents the documentation of moulting from a juvenile to an adult male.

References

Bird Life International. 2015. Species factsheet: Prionochilus thoracicus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ speciesfactsheet.php?id=8190 on 24 July 2015.

Lekagul, B. and P.D. Round. 1991. A guideto the birds of Thailand. Saha Karn Bhaet, Bangkok: 382 PP.

Robson, C. 2008. A field guide to the birdsof South-East Asia. New Holland, London: 424 PP.

Sanguansombat, W. 2005. Thailand Red Data: Birds. Office of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy and planning, Bangkok, Thailand: 121 PP.

Wells, D. R. 2007. The birds of the Thai- Malay Peninsula volume 2: Passerines, Christopher Helm, London: 601 – 603.

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Published

2016-12-01

How to Cite

Sa-ar, I., & Tonsakulrungruang, K. (2016). Plumage-types of the Little-known Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus (Aves: Passeriformes: Dicaeidae). The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal, 10(2), 125–129. retrieved from https://li05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/thnhmj/article/view/1841