Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker........Beauti of our Nature. Place : Guwahati Outskirts Date : Jan 2014 Resident : E Himayalan foothills, NE India and Bangladesh. ID - Male has scarlet upperparts and black sides to whitish underparts. Female has scarlet rump contrasting with blackish tail, Olive-brown upperparts, and faint buffish wash to whitish underparts. Juvenile as female, but lacks scarlet rump (usually with touch of orange); has bright orange-red bill, and fine whitish supercilium to eye. Voice - Song is a thin repeated tissit,tissit...............call is a hard, metallic tip..tip.....tip ete. HH- broadleaved forest and secondary growth.
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:34:21 +0000
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