Red-headed Flameback
Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalusSharpe, RB, 1877
English (US) Red-headed Flameback
The Red-headed Flameback (Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
Range: Philippines (Balabac, Palawan, Busuanga, and Calamian Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Red-headed Flameback
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1877
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1877
- Type locality
- Puerto Princesa Palawan.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ser.2, vol.1, pt.6 p.315 pl.46 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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