Palawan flowerpecker

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Palawan flowerpecker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

The scientific name commemorates the German zoologist Carl Constantin Platen.

References[edit]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Prionochilus plateni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717460A94533086. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717460A94533086.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.