Greater flameback

Greater flameback
Male in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Chrysocolaptes
Species:
C. guttacristatus
Binomial name
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
(Tickell, 1833)

The greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus), also known as the greater goldenback or large golden-backed woodpecker, is a woodpecker species. It occurs widely in the northern Indian subcontinent, eastwards to southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java and northeast Borneo.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22726548A94924862. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726548A94924862.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.