Palawan Flowerpecker
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The Palawan Flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni) is a species of bird
in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines
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Its natural habitat
is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
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The scientific name commemorates the german zoologist Carl Constantin Platen
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Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
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Its natural habitat
Habitat
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is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
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The scientific name commemorates the german zoologist Carl Constantin Platen
Carl Constantin Platen
Carl Constantin Platen was a German physician and zoological collector of birds and butterflies....
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