Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker

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Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Prionochilus
Species: P. thoracicus
Binomial name
Prionochilus thoracicus
(Temminck & Laugier, 1836)

The Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus thoracicus) is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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