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title: "Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker"
description: "Dicaeum cruentatum — Uccelli. The scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) is a species of passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/scarlet-backed-flowerpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

> Dicaeum cruentatum — Uccelli. The scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) is a species of passerine bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae.

- Scientific name: *Dicaeum cruentatum*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 4746
- Wikidata: [Q590200](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q590200)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13386](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13386)

## Names

- en: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
- de: Scharlachmistelfresser
- es: Picaflores Dorsirrojo
- fr: Dicée à dos rouge
- nl: Roodrughoningvogel
- pl: Kwiatówka pąsowa

## Countries with the most observations

SG (1406), TH (1298), MY (404), HK (310), IN (291), VN (210), CN (141), ID (68), KH (68), BD (34), MM (23), MO (17)

## Summary

The scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) 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: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet-backed_flowerpecker

## Photo

![Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scarlet-backed-flowerpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: danielarah · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394163948

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/scarlet-backed-flowerpecker?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).