Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae) - HBW 13
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
French:
Dicée à dos rouge
German: Scharlachmistelfresser
Spanish: Picaflores
Dorsirrojo
Other common names: Pryer’s Flowerpecker (black-breasted morph
“pryeri”)
Taxonomy: Certhia
cruentata Linnaeus, 1758, Bengal, India.
Sometimes
considered to form a superspecies with D. trochileum. Has
hybridized with latter in E Borneo (Samarinda), and a hybrid between
present species and D. ignipectus recorded in SE China
(Fujian). Some races well differentiated, but situation complicated
by presence of non-geographical colour morphs “pryeri”
(mainly Malay Peninsula and N Borneo) and “hosii”
(Borneo); race ignitum poorly differentiated, possibly better
merged with nominate; in addition, named races erythronotum
(China), siamense (from Lat B.. View all taxonomy...
Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with D. trochileum. Has hybridized with latter in E Borneo (Samarinda), and a hybrid between present species and D. ignipectus recorded in SE China (Fujian). Some races well differentiated, but situation complicated by presence of non-geographical colour morphs “pryeri” (mainly Malay Peninsula and N Borneo) and “hosii” (Borneo); race ignitum poorly differentiated, possibly better merged with nominate; in addition, named races erythronotum (China), siamense (from Lat Bua Kao, in E Thailand), coccinea (China) and hainanum (Hainan I) all subsumed in nominate. Population in N Borneo (Sabah) possibly represents an as yet undescribed race. Seven subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cruentatum (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Nepal, NE India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and S China (SE Xizang, S Yunnan E, including Hainan I, to Fujian), S to Thailand and Indochina.
- ignitum (Begbie, 1834) - Peninsular Malaysia and Riau Archipelago.
- sumatranum Cabanis, 1878 - Sumatra and some satellites.
- cruentatum (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Nepal, NE India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and S China (SE Xizang, S Yunnan E, including Hainan I, to Fujian), S to Thailand and Indochina.
- ignitum (Begbie, 1834) - Peninsular Malaysia and Riau Archipelago.
- sumatranum Cabanis, 1878 - Sumatra and some satellites.
- simalurense Salomonsen, 1961 - Simeulue I, off NW Sumatra.
- niasense Meyer de Schauensee & Ripley, 1940 - Nias I, off W Sumatra.
- batuense Richmond, 1912 - Batu Is and Mentawai Is, off SW Sumatra.
- nigrimentum Salvadori, 1874 - Borneo.
- Least Concern
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A male feeding on fruits Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (cruentatum)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2008 1 year ago 32 sec 3.3 -
A male bird foraging around in a tree. North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 1 January 2010 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 10 sec 3.3 -
A juvenile feeding on fruits Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (cruentatum)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2008 1 year ago 20 sec 3 -
A male on a branch, stretching and turning around Lopburi, Central Thailand, Thailand (cruentatum)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2006 2 years ago 31 sec 2.9 -
A male on a branch, preening Lopburi, Central Thailand, Thailand (cruentatum)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2006 2 years ago 32 sec 2.8 -
Two female-plumaged birds, one of them eating a fruit and rejecting the peel, the other one calling. Khao Nor Chuchi, S Thailand Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (cruentatum)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 1 year ago 22 sec 2.8
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A male perching. Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern Thailand, Thailand
Tanakorn 19 December 2009 11 weeks ago 3.3 -
a female Foraging on a tree Yunnan, China (Southern)
Zhouhuaming 8 March 2010 1 hour ago ADDED TODAY! 3 -
Male. Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, Central Thailand, Thailand
alder 25 December 2008 1 year ago 3 -
An adult male perched on a branch. Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (cruentatum)
Christophe Gouraud 19 November 2009 9 weeks ago 2.5 -
An adult female perched on a branch. Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (cruentatum)
Christophe Gouraud 14 November 2009 9 weeks ago 2.3
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