The Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, Dicaeum cruentatum, is a songbird from the small family of Flowerpeckers. It lives in southeastern Asia and surrounding islands.

It has a distinctive ‘blood stained’ crown and upper back.

Classification:

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species: D. cruentatum

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Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Male (Dicaeum cruentatum)

"Suan Luang, Bangkok, Thailand Birded with Gil Tuzon"

Photo courtesy of  neon2rosell

Scarlet-backed flowerpecker

Photo courtesy of  57Andrew

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)

"Male. Kuala Selangor, Malaysia. f/5.6, iso 640, 1/200."

Photo courtesy of  mountainpath2001

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

"Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Dicaeum cruentatum Thailand, Phuket, Kamala, 12/01/2007"

Photo courtesy of  Sergey Yeliseev

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