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'''Alternative Name: Common Goldenback'''
 
'''Alternative Name: Common Goldenback'''
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[[Image:Common_Flameback.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Dr+Manjeet+Singh|Dr Manjeet Singh}}<br/>[[Kuala Selangor Nature Park]], Kuala Lumpur, [[Malaysia]], November 2005]]
 
;[[:Category:Dinopium|Dinopium]] javanense
 
;[[:Category:Dinopium|Dinopium]] javanense
[[Image:Common_Flameback.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh<br/>Location: Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]]
 
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Size - 30cm (12in)Golden mantle and wings, red lower back and rump, white face with two black malar strips and largely black hindneck with white sides of neck together with whitish underparts marked with blackish scales, distinctive. Throat and face tinged rufous or buff. Has three toes. Brown iris.
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Size - 30cm (12in)<br />
 
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Golden mantle and wings, red lower back and rump, white face with two black malar strips and largely black hindneck with white sides of neck together with whitish underparts marked with blackish scales, distinctive. Throat and face tinged rufous or buff. Has three toes. Brown iris.<br />
'''Male''' - Crown and pointed crest red (in picture).<br />
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'''Male''': Crown and pointed crest red<br />
'''Female''' - Crown and crest black with whitish spots from forehead to the tip of the crest.
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'''Female''': Crown and crest black with whitish spots from forehead to the tip of the crest.
[[Image:Common_Flameback_female.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo of female by jweeyh<br/>Location: Singapore]]
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[[Image:Common_Flameback_female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />{{user|jweeyh|jweeyh}}<br/ >[[Singapore]], July 2007]]
 
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====Similar Species====
 
Difficult to separate from [[Greater Flameback]] (Goldenback) from lateral view, especially at a distance. Best separated by colour of iris and hindneck pattern.
 
Difficult to separate from [[Greater Flameback]] (Goldenback) from lateral view, especially at a distance. Best separated by colour of iris and hindneck pattern.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[India]] to [[Indochina]]; [[Greater Sundas]]; [[Philippines]].
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[[Asia]]: found from [[India]] to [[Indochina]]; [[Greater Sundas]]; [[Philippines]].
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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====Subspecies====
* ''D. j. malabaricum'' in wet woodlands of w [[India]]
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There are 6 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
* ''D. j. intermedium'' in [[Bangladesh]] and Assam to [[Burma]], sw [[China]] and [[Indochina]]
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* ''D. j. malabaricum'':
* ''D. j. javanense'' from Peninsular [[Thailand]] to [[Sumatra]], Riau Arch., w [[Java]] and [[Borneo]]
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:*In wet woodlands of western [[India]]
* ''D. j. exsul'' on E [[Java]] and [[Bali]]
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* ''D. j. intermedium'':
* ''D. j. raveni'' on Eraban I. and adjacent ne [[Borneo]]
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:*In [[Bangladesh]] and Assam to [[Burma]], south-western [[China]] and [[Indochina]]
* ''D. j. everetti'' on S [[Philippines]] (Balabac, Palawan and Calamian Islands)
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* ''D. j. javanense'':
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:*From Peninsular [[Thailand]] to [[Sumatra]], Riau Archaepelago, western [[Java]] and [[Borneo]]
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* ''D. j. exsul'':
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:*On Eastern [[Java]] and [[Bali]]
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* ''D. j. raveni'':
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:*On Eraban Island and adjacent north-eastern [[Borneo]]
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* ''D. j. everetti'':
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:*On Southern [[Philippines]] (Balabac, Palawan and Calamian Islands)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Mangroves, forest edges, peat swamp forests, coastal scrub and plantations.
 
Mangroves, forest edges, peat swamp forests, coastal scrub and plantations.
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Usually seen in pairs, largely on tree trunks and stems probing soft bark for insects and grubs. Very social, regularly call out to each other.
 
Usually seen in pairs, largely on tree trunks and stems probing soft bark for insects and grubs. Very social, regularly call out to each other.
 
====Vocalisation====
 
====Vocalisation====
Voice: a sharp ''churrrr'' and ''klek-klek'' in flight.
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'''Voice''': a sharp ''churrrr'' and ''klek-klek'' in flight.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}
 
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Dinopium+javanense}}
 
{{GSearch|Dinopium+javanense}}
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dinopium]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dinopium]]

Revision as of 20:40, 4 March 2011

Alternative Name: Common Goldenback

Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh
Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2005
Dinopium javanense

Identification

Size - 30cm (12in)
Golden mantle and wings, red lower back and rump, white face with two black malar strips and largely black hindneck with white sides of neck together with whitish underparts marked with blackish scales, distinctive. Throat and face tinged rufous or buff. Has three toes. Brown iris.
Male: Crown and pointed crest red
Female: Crown and crest black with whitish spots from forehead to the tip of the crest.

Female
jweeyh
Singapore, July 2007

Similar Species

Difficult to separate from Greater Flameback (Goldenback) from lateral view, especially at a distance. Best separated by colour of iris and hindneck pattern.

Distribution

Asia: found from India to Indochina; Greater Sundas; Philippines.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies[1]:

  • D. j. malabaricum:
  • In wet woodlands of western India
  • D. j. intermedium:
  • D. j. javanense:
  • D. j. exsul:
  • D. j. raveni:
  • On Eraban Island and adjacent north-eastern Borneo
  • D. j. everetti:
  • On Southern Philippines (Balabac, Palawan and Calamian Islands)

Habitat

Mangroves, forest edges, peat swamp forests, coastal scrub and plantations.

Behaviour

Usually seen in pairs, largely on tree trunks and stems probing soft bark for insects and grubs. Very social, regularly call out to each other.

Vocalisation

Voice: a sharp churrrr and klek-klek in flight.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view

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