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
- D. b. dilutum:
- D. b. puncticolle:
- D. b. psarodes:
- Central and southern Sri Lanka - split by IOC as Red-backed Flameback
Habitat
A variety of moist and dry woodland. Primarily deciduous.
Behaviour
Diet
Photo by Scottishdude aka Jamie MacArthur
Goa, India, March 2009
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.
Vocalisation
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Listen in an external program
Recording by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, India, December-2016
Call given by one individual on arrival at a tree trunk.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- 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 18 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-rumped_Flameback
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