Black-rumped flameback

Black-rumped flameback
Flameback woodpecker
Call
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dinopium
Species:
D. benghalense
Binomial name
Dinopium benghalense
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Picus benghalensis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Brachypternus benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Brachypternus aurantius

The black-rumped flameback (Dinopium benghalense), also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker or lesser goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent.[2] It is one of the few woodpeckers that are seen in urban areas. It has a characteristic rattling-whinnying call and an undulating flight. It is the only golden-backed woodpecker with a black throat and a black rump.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dinopium benghalense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T61517196A95169889. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61517196A95169889.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Phenotypic and Genetic Analysis support Distinct Species Status of the Red-backed Woodpecker (Lesser Sri Lanka Flameback: Dinopium psarodes) of Sri Lanka". Novataxa. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2019.