Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

Dicaeum cruentatum

朱背啄花鸟 (zhū-bèi zhuó-huā-niǎo)

    Malay : Sepah-Puteri Belakang Merah

    Japanese : セアカハナドリ (se-aka hana-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 背赤花鳥

    Size : 7–9 cm; Male 5.5–8 g, one Female 6 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Dicaeum cruentatum cruentatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  – E Nepal, NE India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and S China (SE Xizang, S Yunnan E, including Hainan, to Fujian), S to Thailand and Indochina.
• Dicaeum cruentatum ignitum (Begbie, 1834)
  – Peninsular Malaysia and Riau Archipelago.
• Dicaeum cruentatum sumatranum (Cabanis, 1877)
  – Sumatra and some satellites.
• Dicaeum cruentatum simalurense (Salomonsen, 1961)
  – Simeulue I, off NW Sumatra.
• Dicaeum cruentatum niasense (Meyer de Schauensee & Ripley, 1940)
  – Nias I, off W Sumatra.
• Dicaeum cruentatum batuense (Richmond, 1912)
  – Batu Is and Mentawai Is, off SW Sumatra.
• Dicaeum cruentatum nigrimentum (Salvadori, 1874)
  – Borneo.

Dicaeum cruentatum ssp. ignitum

Date : 24 October 2022

Location : Denai Kabus Agro Farm and Adventure Resort, Jalan Gunung Kenderong,
Kampung Pahat, Gerik, Daerah Hulu Perak, Perak

Dicaeum cruentatum ssp. ignitum

Date : 24 October 2022

Location : Denai Kabus Agro Farm and Adventure Resort, Jalan Gunung Kenderong,
Kampung Pahat, Gerik, Daerah Hulu Perak, Perak

Date : 19 October 2019

Location : Taman Rimba Kiara, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail (TTDI), Kuala Lumpur