Orange-backed Woodpecker
Chrysocolaptes validus(Temminck, CJ, 1825)
English (US) Orange-backed Woodpecker
The Orange-backed Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes validus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Chrysocolaptes validus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Orange-backed Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Chrysocolaptes validus xanthopygius
- Chrysocolaptes validus validus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus validus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1825)
- Type locality
- Java.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.64, vol.4 pl.378
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Buff-spotted Flameback
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