On the morning of April 19, in the middle of the mountainside of sanya's Yalong Bay Tropical Paradise Forest Tourist Area, a vermilion-backed pecking bird was found perched on the branches of a Hainan olive tree that had not yet grown new leaves. I saw the Vermilion-backed pecking bird standing leisurely on the branches of the tree blowing the mountain breeze to cool off, and this Vermilion-backed pecking bird stopped in the tree for about a minute or so.
According to the photographer of the scenic spot, at first I saw a small bird in the tree, thinking that it was a common yellow-bellied nectar bird. After the photographer captured this bird, he zoomed in on the camera and found that it was a vermilion-backed pecking bird. It is reported that the Vermilion-backed Pecking Bird often inhabits the tropical rainforest, because this bird is small, it is difficult to be found, yalong Bay tropical paradise forest tourism area for the first time found that the Vermilion-backed Pecking Bird inhabits the rainforest of the scenic spot.
The relevant person in charge of the scenic spot said that the beautiful ecological environment of the Yalong Bay Tropical Paradise Scenic Area is very suitable for the habitat of birds. Over the years, the forest ecological environment of the scenic spot has been effectively protected, various birds have increased year by year, and the emergence of the Zhubei pecking bird has added a beautiful landscape to the rainforest ecological environment of the scenic spot.
The Vermilion-backed ( Scientific name : Dicaeumcruentatum ) is a species of the genus in the family Peckeridae, found in Brunei, Laos, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore and Cambodia. The conservation status of this species is rated as non-endangered.
The average weight of the vermilion-backed peck is about 6.3 grams. Its natural habitats include plantations, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, and rural gardens. It generally lives in the low mountains and tall tree forests, but can also be seen on sparse trees in the open hill flat dam area. The type of origin of this species is in Bangladesh.
Appearance characteristics
Description: Small (9 cm) black and red pecking bird.
Male: The crown , back and waist are scarlet , the wings , head and tail are black , the two flanks are gray , and the underbody remains are white.
Female: Olive upperparts, scarlet waist and upper tail coverts, black tail. Sub-adults are clear grey with an orange beak and a slightly orange waist.
iris - brown; Mouth - black-green; Feet - black and green.
Call: Typical calls are high metallic tip... tip... tip; The chirp is repetitively shrill tissit... tissit... sound.
Geographical distribution
Range: Southern China, India, Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Distribution: Nominate subspecies (=erythronotum) are not commonly found in the lowland forests of southeastern Tibet, southern Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian; Hainanum is a resident bird on Hainan Island.
Habits of life
Sexually active, it frequents parasitic plants in secondary forests, gardens and plantations, reaching altitudes of up to 1000 meters above sea level.
Source: Hainan Online
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