Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus (Greater Flameback)

Greater Flameback

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus (Tickell, SR 1833)

The greater flameback also known as greater goldenback, large golden-backed woodpecker or Malherbe's 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. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Chrysocolaptes
Scientific:
  Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

Original description

Citation:
(Tickell, SR 1833)

Reference:
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 2 p.578

Protonym:
Picus Guttacristatus

Type locality:
Jungles of Borabhum and Dholbhum.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37179078

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
A837BACA90F17C8E

Avibase ID:
avibase-A837BACA

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/A837BACA

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 686582

Geographic range:

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus guttacristatus: foothills in east central Nepal east to southern China (Yunnan) and south to Bangladesh, eastern India (south to southeastern Madhya Pradesh and northern Andhra Pradesh), Thailand and Indochina
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus sultaneus: Himalayan foothills in northwestern India and western Nepal
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus indomalayicus: Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and w Java
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus andrewsi: NE Borneo

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Greater Flameback
Catalan:
picot sultà gros
Czech:
datel zlatopláštíkový
Danish:
Yunnan-sultanspætte
German:
Goldmantel-Sultanspecht
Spanish:
Pito sultán grande
French:
Pic de Tickell
Croatian:
pjegavovrata žuna
Japanese:
オオコガネゲラ
Dutch:
Grote Goudrugspecht
Norwegian:
Sultanspett
Polish:
sułtan indochiński
Portuguese:
peto-sultão
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-sultão-grande
Russian:
Большой султанский дятел
Slovak:
zlatoš indočínsky
Serbian:
Velika vatroleđa žuna
Swedish:
större sultanspett
Ukrainian:
дзьобак індокитайський
Chinese:
大金背啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
大金背啄木

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Greater Flameback [nominate] ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Greater Flameback [nominate] ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Greater Flameback [nominate] ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Greater Flameback [nominate] ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Greater Flameback [nominate] ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus])
Clements, version 2023: Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Greater Flameback (Greater) ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Greater Flameback (Greater) ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Greater Flameback (Greater) ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Greater Flameback (Greater) ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Greater Flameback (Greater) ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Greater Flameback (Greater) ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Greater Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Chrysocolaptes [guttacristatus or socialis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Catalan: picot sultà gros
Czech: datel zlatopláštíkový
Danish: Yunnan-sultanspætte
German: Goldmantel-Sultanspecht, Goldmantel-Sultanspecht [guttacristatus-Gruppe]
English: Greater Flameback, Greater Flameback (Greater), Greater Flameback [guttacristatus], Greater Flameback [nominate]
English, HBW: Greater Flameback (Greater)
English (IOC): Greater Flameback (Greater)
English (United States): Greater Flameback (Greater)
Spanish: Pito sultán grande, Pito Sultán Grande (grupo guttacristatus)
Spanish (Spain): Pito sultán grande (grupo guttacristatus), Pito Sultán Grande [guttacristatus Group]
Estonian: suur-sultanrähn
French: Pic de Tickell, Pic de Tickell (guttacristatus), Pic de Tickell [guttacristatus], Pic de Tickell [nominal]
Croatian: pjegavovrata žuna
Japanese (romaji): ookoganegera (guttacristatus guru-pu)
Japanese: オオコガネゲラ, オオコガネゲラ (guttacristatus グループ), オオコガネゲラ（guttacristatus グループ）
Scientific: Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus, Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus Group], Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus], Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus guttacristatus, Chrysocolaptes lucidus guttacristatus, Picus Guttacristatus
Malayalam: വലിയ പൊന്നി മരംകൊത്തി
Dutch: Grote Goudrugspecht
Norwegian: Sultanspett, sultanspett (guttacristatus gr.)
Polish: sułtan indochiński, sułtan indochiński [gr. guttacristatus]
Portuguese: peto-sultão
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-sultão-grande, pica-pau-sultão-grande [grupo guttacristatus]
Russian: Большой дятел-султан [группа guttacristatus], Большой султанский дятел
Slovak: zlatoš indočínsky, zlatoš indočínsky (skup.)
Serbian: Velika vatroleđa žuna, Velika vatroleđa žuna (velika)
Swedish: större sultanspett, större sultanspett [gruppen guttacristatus]
Thai: นกหัวขวานสี่นิ้วหลังทอง, นกหัวขวานสี่นิ้วหลังทอง (ตะวันออก)
Turkish: Büyük alev sırtlı ağaçkakan [guttacristatus grubu], Büyük Alevsırt, Büyük Alevsırt [guttacristatus grubu]
Ukrainian: дзьобак індокитайський
Chinese: 大金背啄木鸟, 大金背啄木鸟 [guttacristatus Group]
Chinese (Traditional): 大金背啄木