Tuesday 9 September 2014

Greater Flameback

Order - Piciformes
Family - Picidae (Woodpeckers)
Greater Flameback
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
大金背啄木鸟 (dà jīn-bèi zhuó-mù-niǎo)

    Malay : Belatuk-Pinang Besar Biasa
    Japanese : コガネゲラ (ko-gane gera)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 黄金啄木鳥



    Taxonomy update for 2012
Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) is split into
six species, which include four endemic to the Philippines and
one to Java and points east. :
- Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus)
- Javan Flameback (Chrysocolaptes strictus)
- Luzon Flameback (Chrysocolaptes haematribon)
- Yellow-faced Flameback (Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus)
- Buff-spotted Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
- Red-headed Flameback (Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus)

    Size :  c. 30–34 cm; 150–233 g (guttacristatus)
    
    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus socialis (Koelz, 1939) – Malabar Flameback
    – W coast of peninsular India.
  • Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus sultaneus (Hodgson, 1837)
    – Himalayan foothills in NW India and W Nepal.
  • Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus guttacristatus (Tickell, 1833) – Greater Flameback
    – foothills in EC Nepal E to S China (Yunnan) and S to Bangladesh, E India (S to SE Madhya Pradesh and N Andhra Pradesh), Thailand and Indochina.
  • Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus indomalayicus (Hesse, 1911)
    – Peninsular Malaysia S to Sumatra and W Java.
  • Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus andrewsi (Amadon, 1943)
    – NE Borneo (from around Sandakan to Sebatik I).

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 27 May 2017
Location : Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 27 May 2017
Location : Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 27 May 2017
Location : Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 27 May 2017
Location : Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 31 August 2016
Location : Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 31 August 2016
Location : Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 31 August 2016
Location : Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 31 August 2016
Location : Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 31 August 2016
Location : Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 01 March 2015
Location : Pulau Langkawi, Daerah Langkawi, Kedah

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 01 March 2015
Location : Pulau Langkawi, Daerah Langkawi, Kedah

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 01 March 2015
Location : Pulau Langkawi, Daerah Langkawi, Kedah

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 08 December 2013
Location : Kuala Gula, Daerah Kerian, Perak
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 08 December 2013
Location : Kuala Gula, Daerah Kerian, Perak
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 08 December 2013
Location : Kuala Gula, Daerah Kerian, Perak
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 08 December 2013
Location : Kuala Gula, Daerah Kerian, Perak
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 08 December 2013
Location : Kuala Gula, Daerah Kerian, Perak
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus ssp. indomalayicus
Date : 08 December 2013
Location : Kuala Gula, Daerah Kerian, Perak

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