Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus  (Tickell, 1833)

Greater Flameback
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​Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Chrysocolaptes
Species: guttacristatus
  • Common names: Greater Flameback
  • Thai names: นกหัวขวานสี่นิ้วหลังทอง
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    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
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population decreasing. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Nakhon Ratchasima (Khao Yai N.P.)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus from Thailand.
Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus.jpg
Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus Khao Yai N.P. Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand January
References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 19 February 2021.

​[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22726548A94924862. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726548A94924862.en. Downloaded on 19 February 2021.
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​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.