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Greater or Malabar Flameback

Chrysocolaptes [guttacristatus or socialis] (= Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) (Tickell, 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, 1833)

Reference:
  J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal p.578

Protonym:
  Picus Guttacristatus

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

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  B82693BCD2372924

Avibase ID:
  avibase-B82693BC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B82693BC

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
  • Chrysocolaptes socialis: Coastal w India
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Greater or Malabar Flameback
French:
Pic de Tickell ou P. de Malabar

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Greater or Malabar Flameback ( Chrysocolaptes [guttacristatus or socialis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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Clements, version 2021:
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eBird version 1.53:
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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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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Chrysocolaptes [lucidus, haematribon, xanthocephalus, erythrocephalus, strictus, guttacristatus]

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Bengali: ফড় কাঠমঠাকযা , বড় কাঠঠোকরা
Bengali (transliteration): baṛa kāṭhaṭhōkarā
Catalan: Picot sultà gros
Danish: Yunnan-sultanspætte
German: Goldmantel-Sultanspecht
English: Greater Flameback, Greater or Malabar Flameback
English, HBW: Greater Flameback
English (IOC): Greater Flameback
English (United States): Greater Flameback
Spanish: Pito sultán grande
Spanish (Spain): Pito Sultán Grande
Spanish (HBW): Greater Flameback
French: Pic à dos cramoisi, Pic de Tickell, Pic de Tickell (guttacristatus), Pic de Tickell ou P. de Malabar
Croatian: pjegavovrata žuna
Indonesian: Pelatuk Tunggir-emas
Japanese (romaji): ookoganegera
Japanese: オオコガネゲラ
Scientific: Chrysocolaptes [guttacristatus or socialis], Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus, Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus guttacristatus, Chrysocolaptes lucidus guttacristatus, Picus Guttacristatus
Malayalam: വലിയ പൊന്നി മരംകൊത്തി
Nepali: गर्दनथोप्ले लाहा“चे
Dutch: Grote Goudrugspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sultanspett
Norwegian: Sultanspett
Polish: sułtan indochiński
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-sultão-grande
Russian: Большой дятел-султан
Slovak: zlatoš indočínsky
Serbian: Velika vatroleđa žuna, Veliki vatroleđi detlić
Swedish: större sultanspett
Thai: นกหัวขวานสี่นิ้วหลังทอง
Turkish: Büyük alevsırt
Ukrainian: дзьобак індокитайський
Vietnamese: Gõ kiến vàng lớn
Chinese: 大金背啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 大金背啄木

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