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| − | [[Image:Common_Flameback.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh<br/>Location: | + | [[Image:Common_Flameback.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh<br/>Location: Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]] |
Also known as: '''Common Goldenback''' | Also known as: '''Common Goldenback''' | ||
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Male - Crown and pointed crest red (in picture). Female - Crown and crest black with whitish spots from forehead to the tip of the crest. | Male - Crown and pointed crest red (in picture). Female - Crown and crest black with whitish spots from forehead to the tip of the crest. | ||
| + | [[Image:Common_Flameback_female.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo of female by jweeyh<br/>Location: Singapore]] | ||
'''NOTE''' - Difficult to separate from Greater Flameback (Goldenback) from lateral view, especially at a distance. Best separated by colour of IRIS and hindneck pattern. | '''NOTE''' - 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== | ||
| − | + | SE Asia | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | Dinopium javanense (Ljungh, 1797). Belongs to the Picidae family. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Mangroves, forest edges, peat swamp forests, coastal scrub and plantations. | Mangroves, forest edges, peat swamp forests, coastal scrub and plantations. | ||
Revision as of 02:18, 21 August 2007
- Dinopium javanense
Also known as: Common Goldenback
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. IRIS BROWN
Male - Crown and pointed crest red (in picture). Female - Crown and crest black with whitish spots from forehead to the tip of the crest.
NOTE - Difficult to separate from Greater Flameback (Goldenback) from lateral view, especially at a distance. Best separated by colour of IRIS and hindneck pattern.
Distribution
SE Asia
Taxonomy
Dinopium javanense (Ljungh, 1797). Belongs to the Picidae family.
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. Voice: a sharp churrrr and klek-klek in flight
