SCARLET-BACKED FLOWERPECKER

Photographed in Singapore (Sungei Buloh Wetlands) November 2016

926                  SCARLET-BACKED FLOWERPECKER              Dicaeum cruentatum

SINGAPORE  (Sungei Buloh Wetlands)             (80)

Common flowerpecker found in secondary forest, old plantations, mangroves, parkland, urban green spaces and wooded road dividers. 9 cm. Distribution: Himalayan foothills, NE India, SE China, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo

Note: over-exposed and barely a recording photograph, I hope to replace this soon.