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Greater Flameback

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus (Tickell, 1833)

The Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ) also known as Greater Goldenback, Large Golden-backed Woodpecker or Malherbe's Golden-backed Woodpecker, is a woodpecker species. It occurs widely in the Indian subcontinent, eastwards to southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java and northeast Borneo. Source: Wikipedia




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Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
  Chrysocolaptes

Scientific:
  Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

Citation:
  (Tickell, 1833)

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

Protonym:
  Picus Guttacristatus

Avibase ID:
  B82693BCD2372924

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

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 686582

Geographic range:

  • Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus [guttacristatus or sultaneus]: NW India and Nepal to sw China (Yunnan), Thailand, Indochina
  • Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus indomalayicus: Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and w Java
  • Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus andrewsi: NE Borneo
  • Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus socialis: Coastal w India
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Greater Flameback
German:
Goldmantel-Sultanspecht
Danish:
Yunnan-sultanspætte
Spanish:
Pito sultán grande
French:
Pic de Tickell
Japanese:
ookoganegera
Japanese:
オオコガネゲラ
Dutch:
Grote Goudrugspecht
Norwegian:
Sultanspett
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sultanspett
Polish:
sułtan indochiński
Slovak:
zlatoš indočínsky
Swedish:
större sultanspett
Chinese:
大金背啄木鸟

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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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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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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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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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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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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Chrysocolaptes [lucidus, haematribon, xanthocephalus, erythrocephalus, strictus, guttacristatus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Bengali: বড় কাঠঠোকরা
Catalan: Picot sultà gros
Danish: Yunnan-sultanspætte
German: Goldmantel-Sultanspecht
English: Greater Flameback
English (IOC): Greater Flameback
Spanish: Pito sultán grande
Spanish (Spain): Pito Sultán Grande
Spanish (HBW): Greater Flameback
French: Pic à dos cramoisi, Pic de Tickell
Indonesian: Pelatuk Tunggir-emas
Japanese: ookoganegera
Japanese: オオコガネゲラ
Scientific: Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus, Chrysocolaptes lucidus guttacristatus, Picus Guttacristatus
Malayalam: വലിയ പൊന്നി മരംകൊത്തി
Dutch: Grote Goudrugspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sultanspett
Norwegian: Sultanspett
Polish: sułtan indochiński
Slovak: zlatoš indočínsky
Serbian: Veliki vatroleđi detlić
Swedish: större sultanspett
Thai: นกหัวขวานสี่นิ้วหลังทอง
Vietnamese: Gõ kiến vàng lớn
Chinese: 大金背啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 大金背啄木

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