Learn what every symbol on the card means.Full credits and sources at beakbrain.com/symbols
ForestDomed nestTiny · 6 g
ID tip
Measuring 9 cm (3.5 in) and weighing 7 to 8 grams (0.25 to 0.28 oz), the scarlet-backed flowerpecker is a small bird with a short tail. It exhibits sexual dimorphism. The male has a navy blue face, wings and tail, with a broad bright red stripe from its crown to its upper tail coverts. The female is predominantly olive green with a black tail and scarlet upper tail coverts and rump. Both sexes have creamy white underparts, black eyes and legs, and a dark grey arched bill. The juvenile has plumage similar to the female but has an orange bill and lacks the bright red rump.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
When to see the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
The map shades 15 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Nepal.
About the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
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.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Easily confused with
Nilgiri FlowerpeckerDicaeum concolorThese birds are tiny (9 cm long) and there is no marked difference between the males and females.
Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectusThe fire-breasted flowerpecker is a small flowerpecker with a small and dark bill.
Orange-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigmaMale is distinctive, and shows slaty-blue upperparts (crown/nape/wings/tail) except for a large triangular orange patch on the mantle.
Side by side: Pale-billed Flowerpecker vs Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker · Mistletoebird vs Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker · Nilgiri Flowerpecker vs Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker · Fire-breasted Flowerpecker vs Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker · Orange-bellied Flowerpecker vs Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Learn the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker in the BeakBrain App
Photo and call practice. Coming soon to iPhone and Android.
Play today's Daily BirdEvery photo and recording on this page is credited to its author under the licence shown. Spotted a problem with this page, or have a better photo? Contribute.