Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense)

Other Names (World)
Common Flameback, Common Golden-back, Common Golden-backed Woodpecker, Golden-backed Three-toed Woodpecker, Indian Flameback (malabaricum)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
28 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ljungh, 1797)

Habitat
Primary and secondary open forest, peatswamp forest, coastal forest, mangroves, rural agrdens, plantations. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Indonesia (B), Laos (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in pairs.

Food
Ants, small invertebrates.

Voice
A ten-note, staccato 'ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (48)...)

Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) [XC672297]
by Kim Chuah Lim from Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore, Singapore (call, flight call)

Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) [XC600904]
by Okamoto Keita Sin from Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore, Thailand (call)

Nest
A hole excavated in a dead coconut palm.

Eggs (Guide)
1 - 2.

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Himalayan Flameback (Dinopium shorii).

Proposed subspecies borneonense (Borneo except north-east) considered inseparable from nominate.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

malabaricum Whistler, 1934 - Western India.
intermedium (Blyth, 1845) - Bangladesh and Assam to central and eastern Myanmar, south-central China (south-western Yunnan) and northern Vietnam, and south to Thailand (except peninsular) and Cochinchina.
everetti (Tweeddale, 1878) - Western and central Philippines (Balabac, Palawan and Calamian Is). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Spot-throated Flameback (Dinopium everetti).
javanense (Ljungh, 1797) - Peninsular Thailand south to Sumatra, including Riau Archipelago, western Java and Borneo.
raveni Riley, 1927 - North-eastern Borneo and offshore islets.
exsul (Hartert, 1901) - Eastern Java and Bali.
borneonense (Dubois, AJC, 1897) - North-eastern Borneo and nearby islands.

Similar Species
Buff-spotted Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) which has a longer bill, less pointier crest, white hind-neck, and white iris, and Olive-backed Woodpecker (Dinopium rafflesii) which has greener upperparts, lacks any red on the rump and lacks black markings on the underparts.

References
See References.

Files:

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