Biology:Palawan flowerpecker

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Short description: Species of bird

Palawan flowerpecker
Palawan Flowerpecker (male).JPG
Scientific classification edit
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


Wikidata ☰ Q1588957 entry