Dicaeum cruentatum
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
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.
In 1747 the English naturalist George Edwards included an illustration and a description of the scarlet-backed flowerpecker in the second volume of his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. He used the English name "The little Black, White, and Red Indian Creeper". Edwards based his hand-coloured etching on a preserved specimen that had been sent from Bengal to the silk-pattern designer and naturalist Joseph Dandridge in London. When in 1758 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the tenth edition, he placed the scarlet-backed flowerpecker with the treecreepers in the genus Certhia. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Certhia cruentata and cited Edwards' work. The scarlet... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 11 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 13 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 14 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 15 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 16 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 17 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 18 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 19 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 20 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | |
| 3 | Yangon | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | |
| 4 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 5 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Hanoi | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 7 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 8 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Đà Nẵng | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 10 | Nanning | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 199 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 204 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in February to August, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 280 mm in June.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
11th of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker sightings, Hong Kong ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Bangkok (Thailand, about 50%), Phnom Penh (Cambodia, about 50%) and Yangon (Myanmar, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Hong Kong (199 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
