Greater Flameback

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus - Pic à dos cramoisi Pic de Tickell

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Picidés
Genus
:
Chrysocolaptes
Species
:
guttacristatus

Descriptor

Tickell, 1833

Biometrics

Size
: cm
Wingspan
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Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus guttacristatus (c, e Himalayas and se India to s China, Thailand and Indochina)
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus sultaneus (nw Himalayas)
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus indomalayicus (Malay Pen., Sumatra, and w and c Java)
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus andrewsi (ne Borneo)

Foreign names

Pic à dos cramoisi,
Pito sultán grande,
peto-sultão,
Goldmantel-Sultanspecht,
Grote Goudrugspecht,
större sultanspett,
Sultanspett,
zlatoš indočínsky,
Yunnan-sultanspætte,
picot sultà gros,
sułtan indochiński,
Большой султанский дятел,
オオコガネゲラ,
大金背啄木鸟,
นกหัวขวานสี่นิ้วหลังทอง,
大金背啄木,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations