Red-backed Flameback
Dinopium psarodes(Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
English (US) Red-backed Flameback
The Red-backed Flameback (Dinopium psarodes) 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: central and southern Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dinopium psarodes
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-backed Flameback
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus psarodes
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
- Type locality
- India orientali
- Original description
- Catalogus rerum naturalium rarissimarum (etc.). Sectio prima p.18 no.189,190
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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