Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

Dicaeum cruentatum

Family: Flowerpeckers · Status: Very common resident · Size: 8.5–9 cm · Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Occurs across the Himalayan foothills, southern China, mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Borneo.

Identification

Male has bright red upperparts, blackish head- and breast-sides, and glossy blue-black wings, with mostly white underparts except for grey flanks. Female has buffish underparts and drab brown upperparts apart from bright red rump and uppertail-coverts. Juvenile resembles female but has a red-pink based lower mandible; its uppertail-coverts and rump may be orange or brown instead of red.

Habitat

Parks, gardens, secondary growth, forest edge, regenerating forest, and orchards.

Behaviour

Feeds on flowers and fruits.