Dicaeum cruentatum
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker sighting in Way Kambas National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 199th most-seen of the 205 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker in Way Kambas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and June–October, the lowest months. November to February have too few records to rate.
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.
15th of 20
Of the 20 parks where we can rate Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker sightings, Way Kambas National Park ranks 15th at under 5%. The best odds are in Khao Sok National Park (Thailand, about 30%), Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 30%) and Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 20%).
Same genus: Dicaeum
The closest relatives of the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker that you can see in Way Kambas National Park (genus Dicaeum, Typical Flowerpeckers) are Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker (about 30%), Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (about 20%) and Plain Flowerpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Way Kambas National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
