Alternative names: Lesser Goldenback, Lesser Flame-backed Woodpecker
- Dinopium benghalense
Includes: Red-backed Flameback
Identification
26-29 cm (10¼-11½ in)
- Golden yellow back
- Paler wings
- Black rump and tail
- White underparts with dark chevron markings
- Black throat
- Whitish head
- Black nape and throat
- Grayish eye patch
Male - red crown and crest.
Female - black forecrown spotted with white, with red only on the rear crest..
Young birds are like female, but duller.
Distribution
Sri Lanka; India, western Myanmar.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 4 subspecies[1]:
- D. b. benghalense from northern India to Assam and south-western Burma
- D. b. dilutum in Pakistan
- D. b. puncticolle in central and southern India; northern Sri Lanka
- D. b. psarodes in central and southern Sri Lanka - split by IOC as Red-backed Flameback
Male & Female, Subspecies puncticolle
Photo by Scottishdude aka Jamie MacArthur
Goa, India, March 2009
Photo by Scottishdude aka Jamie MacArthur
Goa, India, March 2009
Habitat
A variety of moist and dry woodland. Primarily deciduous.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of ants, particularly red ants their pupae and larva.
Breeding
They nest in a tree hole The clutch consists of 3 white eggs.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2016)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-rumped Flameback. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-rumped_Flameback
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