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Common Flameback

Dinopium javanense (Ljungh, SI 1797)

The Common Flameback, also referred to as the Common Goldenback, is a small (28–30 cm), three-toed woodpecker in the family Picidae most distinguished by its golden back. Males and females differ in the crest colour, as males have a bright red crest while females have a black crest with white streaks. Both sexes have a white supercilium, white cheek stripe, and white throat area, all separated by stripes of black, and they have a spotted black and white underside. The bird is distinguishable from other similar golden-backed woodpeckers, such as the Greater Flameback, by its smaller bill and black nape, and from the Black-rumped Flameback by its red rump and white throat. It’s loud, high-pitched call, which resembles a series of Kow-Kowp-Rattles is incredibly similar to the Greater Flameback’s call, and is the best way to distinguish the Common Flameback from the Himalayan Flameback, which is a nearly identical bird. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Dinopium
Scientific:
  Dinopium javanense

Original description

Citation:
  (Ljungh, SI 1797)

Reference:
   Kung. Sven. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 18 p.134 pl.6

Protonym:
  Picus javanensis

Type locality:
  Java.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180070#page/150/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8A613564AA7EE087

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8A613564

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8A613564

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554150

Geographic range:

  • Dinopium javanense: disjunctly in lowland and foothill open forest, scrub, plantations, parks, and mangroves, in southwestern India, and from Bangladesh and eastern India and eastward to northern Vietnam, and southward through Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas and some adjacent islands
  • Dinopium javanense javanense: peninsular Thailand southward to Sumatra (including the Riau Archipelago) and western Java
  • Dinopium javanense borneonense: Borneo (except northeast)
  • Dinopium javanense raveni: Eraban Island and adjacent northeastern Borneo
  • Dinopium javanense malabaricum: wet woodland of western India
  • Dinopium javanense intermedium: Bangladesh and Assam to Myanmar, southwestern China, and Indochina
  • Dinopium javanense exsul: eastern Java and Bali
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Common Flameback
Afrikaans:
Gewone Vuurrugspeg
Bulgarian:
Обикновен качулат кълвач
Bengali:
পাতি কাঠঠোকরা
Catalan:
Picot ardent oriental
Czech:
datel zlatohřbetý
Danish:
Gylden Sultanspætte
German:
Feuerrückenspecht
Esperanto:
ordinara flampego
Spanish:
Pito culirrojo de Java
Spanish (Spain):
Pito Culirrojo de Java
Estonian:
tuliselg-sultanrähn
Finnish:
tulitöyhtö
French:
Pic à dos rouge
Croatian:
crnorepa žuna
Hungarian:
jávai küllő
Indonesian:
Pelatuk besi
Italian:
Dorso di fiamma comune
Japanese (romaji):
zuakamiyubigera
Japanese:
ズアカミユビゲラ
Lithuanian:
Auksanugaris rytinis genys
Dutch:
Javaanse Goudrugspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gullryggspett
Norwegian:
Gullryggspett
Polish:
sułtanik czerwonorzytny
Portuguese:
peto-de-rabadilha-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-incandescente-comum
Russian:
Огненоспинный дятел-султан
Slovak:
mravcožlna ohnivá
Serbian:
Obični vatroleđi detlić
Swedish:
guldryggig flamspett
Thai:
นกหัวขวานสามนิ้วหลังทอง
Turkish:
Alevsırt
Ukrainian:
Дзьобак золотоспинний
Chinese:
金背三趾啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
金背三趾啄木

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avilist 2025:
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Dinopium [javanense or everetti] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Gewone Vuurrugspeg
Bulgarian: Обикновен качулат кълвач
Bengali: পাতি কাঠঠোকরা, ঩াচত কাঠমঠাকযা
Bengali (Bangladesh): বর্মী কাঠঠোকরা
Bengali (India): বর্মী কাঠঠোকরা
Bengali (transliteration): pāti kāṭhaṭhōkarā
Catalan: Picot ardent oriental, Picot de dors vermell
Czech: datel zlatohřbetý
Danish: Gylden Sultanspætte
German: Feuerrückenspecht
English: Common Flameback, Common flame-backed woodpecker, Common Gold-backed Woodpecker, Golden-backed Three-toed Woodpecker, Golden-backed Woodpecker
English (Avilist): Common Flameback
English, HBW: Common Flameback
English (India): Common Flameback (Goldenbacked Three-toed Woodpecker)
English (IOC): Common Flameback
English (United States): Common Flameback
Esperanto: Komuna fajrdorsulo, ordinara flampego
Spanish: Pito Culirrojo, Pito culirrojo de Java
Spanish (Spain): Pito Culirrojo de Java
Spanish (HBW): Common Flameback
Estonian: tuliselg-sultanrähn
Finnish: tulitöyhtö
French: Pic à dos rouge, Pic à dos rouge (javanense)
French (Guyane): Pic à dos rouge
Croatian: crnorepa žuna
Hungarian: jávai küllő
Indonesian: Burung Pelatuk Besi, Pelatuk besi
Italian: Dorso di fiamma comune
Japanese (romaji): zu-aka mi-yubi gera, zuakamiyubigera
Japanese: ズアカミユビゲラ
Japanese (Kanji): 頭赤三趾啄木鳥
Kannada: ಮೂರುಬೆರಳಿನ ಮರಕುಟಿಗ
Scientific: Dinopium , Dinopium javanense, Dinopium javanense javanense, Picus javanensis
Lithuanian: Auksanugaris rytinis genys
Malayalam: ത്രിയംഗുലി മരംകൊത്തി, ത്രിയംഗുലി  മരംകൊത്തി 
Malay: Belatuk-Pinang Biasa, Burung Belatok Pinang Muda, Burung Belatuk Emas, Burung Belatuk Pinang Kecil, Burung Belatuk Pinang Muda
Dutch: Javaanse Goudrugspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gullryggspett
Norwegian: Gullryggspett
Polish: sułtanik czerwonorzytny
Pinyin: jīn-bèi sān-zhǐ zhuó-mù-niǎo
Portuguese: peto-de-rabadilha-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-incandescente-comum
Russian: Золотоспинный индо-малайский дятел, Огненоспинный дятел-султан
Slovak: mravcožlna ohnivá, zlatoš ohnivý
Serbian: Obični vatroleđi detlić
Swedish: Guldryggad sultanspett, guldryggig flamspett, guldryggig sultanspett
Tamil: Merkathia Ponmudhugu Maram kothi
Thai: นกหัวขวานสามนิ้วหลังทอง
Thai (Transliteration): nók hŭa-kʰwăan săam-níw lăŋ-tʰoaaŋ
Turkish: Alevsırt
Ukrainian: Дзьобак золотоспинний
Vietnamese: Chim Gõ kiến vàng nhỏ, Gõ kiến vàng nhỏ
Chinese: 金背三趾啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 金背三趾啄木, 金背三趾啄木鳥

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