Wildlifeof Thailand
Maroon-breasted Philentoma
Vangidae
Photo: hosquillar (iNaturalist) · CC BY 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Philentoma velata
Basic stats
Diet
Insects
Habitat
Lowland rainforest
Range
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
Males are blue-black with a maroon breast; pairs hunt insects from shaded perches in mature Sundaic rainforest (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Vulnerable (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Maroon-breasted Philentoma eat?
- Insects
- What habitat does the Maroon-breasted Philentoma live in?
- Lowland rainforest
- Where is the Maroon-breasted Philentoma found?
- Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo