Yellow-faced Flameback
Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalusWalden, A; Layard, EL, 1872
English (US) Yellow-faced Flameback
The Yellow-faced Flameback (Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus) 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 (Negros, Guimaras, Panay, Masbate, and Ticao)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Yellow-faced Flameback
- Described by
- Walden, A; Layard, EL, 1872
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Walden, A; Layard, EL, 1872
- Type locality
- Negros.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.2, no.6 p.99 pl.4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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