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Scarlet-backed flowerpecker 23 Sep, 2015. 9 cm. 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. The white on the belly of the male may only be a narrow streak.<br />
Seen in an area close to Sepilok, Sabah.    Dicaeum cruentatum,Fall,Geotagged,Malaysia,Scarlet-backed flowerpecker Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Scarlet-backed flowerpecker

23 Sep, 2015. 9 cm. 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. The white on the belly of the male may only be a narrow streak.
Seen in an area close to Sepilok, Sabah.

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The scarlet-backed flowerpecker 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.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Apr 3, 2016. Captured Sep 23, 2015 11:12 in Jalan Sepilok, Sepilok, 90000 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • SP-100EE
  • f/6.5
  • 10/1250s
  • ISO3200
  • 215mm