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
Photos:
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
