Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker
(Dicaeum cruentatum)
Chim sâu lưng đỏ
The scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) is a species of passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae.
- Male has a stripe of scarlet color extending from the crown down its nape and back to its rump. The rest of the face and wing are glossy black.
- Female: olive gray upper body with a red rump.
The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.
cruentata / cruentatum / cruentatus Latin cruentatus: blood-stained.
