Greater Yellownape

Order - Piciformes
Family - Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Greater Yellownape

Chrysophlegma flavinucha

大黄冠啄木鸟 (dà huáng-guān zhuó-mù-niǎo) /
大黄冠绿啄木鸟 (dà huáng-guān lǜ zhuó-mù-niǎo)

    Malay : Belatuk-Hijau Besar

    Japanese : キエリアオゲラ (ki-eri ao-gera)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 黄襟青啄木鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 9,200,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : c. 32–35 cm; 153–198 g

    

    Subspecies (8) and Distribution

• Chrysophlegma flavinucha flavinucha (Gould, J 1834)
  – N and e India to Myanmar, sw China and n Vietnam.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha kumaonense (Koelz, WN 1950)
  – Himalayan foothills northern N India (Uttarakhand) and possibly to western Nepal.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha styani (Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1899)
  – Hainan I.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha ricketti (Styan, FW 1898)
  – Tonkin area of N Vietnam, and E to SE China (Fujian).
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha pierrei (Oustalet, J-FÉ 1889)
  – SE Thailand to S Vietnam.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha mystacale (Salvadori, AT 1879)
  – N and C Sumatra mountains.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha korinchi (Chasen, FN 1940)
  – mountains of SW Sumatra.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha wrayi (Sharpe, RB 1888)
  – Malay highlands.

Distribution Map

Chrysophlegma flavinucha ssp. wrayi
Date : 19 May 2024

Location : Jalan High Pines, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang