Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
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| Dicaeum cruentatum (Linnaeus, 1758) |
The Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The specific epithet cruentatus 'bloodstained' is derived from the Latin verb cruentare 'to stain with blood'.[1]
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- ^ Simpson DP (1979). Cassell's Latin Dictionary, 5, London: Cassell Ltd., 883. ISBN 0-304-52257-0.
- BirdLife International 2004. Dicaeum cruentatum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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