scarlet-backed flowerpecker

bird
Also known as: Dicaeum cruentatum

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  • Dicaeidae
    In flowerpecker

    …China to Indonesia is the scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum); 9 cm (3.5 inches) long, it is red, black, and white. The pygmy flowerpecker (D. pygmeum) of the Philippines is only about 6 cm (2 inches) long. The largest flowerpeckers are only about 23 cm (9 inches) in total length.

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