Red-backed flameback

Not to be confused with Crimson-backed flameback.

Red-backed flameback
Female
Male

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dinopium
Species:
D. psarodes
Binomial name
Dinopium psarodes
Synonyms

Dinopium benghalense psarodes Brachypternus ceylonus (Legge, 1880)

The Red-backed flameback, Lesser Sri Lanka flameback, Sri Lanka red-backed woodpecker or Ceylon red-backed woodpecker[2] (Dinopium psarodes) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka, only absent in the far-north.[3] It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Black-rumped flameback.[4][5]

  1. ^ International), BirdLife International (BirdLife (2016-10-01). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Dinopium psarodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
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  4. ^ Fernando, S.P.; Irwin, D.E.; Seneviratne, S.S. (2016). "Phenotypic and genetic analysis support distinct species status of the Red-backed Woodpecker (Lesser Sri Lanka Flameback: Dinopium psarodes) of Sri Lanka". The Auk. 133 (3): 497–511. doi:10.1642/AUK-15-233.1.
  5. ^ Seneviratne, S. S., (2021, February 18). From Woodies to Plovers: an untold story of our national identity [Public online lecture]. Monthly Public Lecture of the WNPS, Sri Lanka. https://www.facebook.com/wnpssl/videos/818317168897940/