Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Dicaeum cruentatum(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
The Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Dicaeum cruentatum
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Dicaeum cruentatum cruentatum
- Dicaeum cruentatum sumatranum
- Dicaeum cruentatum niasense
- Dicaeum cruentatum batuense
- Dicaeum cruentatum simalurense
- Dicaeum cruentatum nigrimentum
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Certhia cruentata
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Bengal.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.119
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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