Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Dicaeum cruentatum
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,656
- Most observed in
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) is a species of passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae. Sexually dimorphic, the male has navy blue upperparts with a bright red streak down its back from its crown to its tail coverts, while the female and juvenile are predominantly olive green. It is found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and occasionally gardens in a number of countries throughout South and East Asia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Scarlet-backed flowerpecker”.