Crimson-backed Flameback
Chrysocolaptes stricklandi(Layard, EL, 1854)
English (US) Crimson-backed Flameback
The Crimson-backed Flameback (Chrysocolaptes stricklandi) 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: Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Crimson-backed Flameback
- Described by
- (Layard, EL, 1854)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Brachypternus Stricklandi
- Described by
- (Layard, EL, 1854)
- Type locality
- Gillymalle, Ceylon.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.2, vol.13, no.78 p.449
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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