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RAINBIRDER | profile | all galleries >> ASIA >> SRI LANKA >> Sri Lankan Birds >> Endemic Sri Lankan Birds >> Crimson-backed Flameback (Chrysocolaptes stricklandi) tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Crimson-backed Flameback (Chrysocolaptes stricklandi)

A stunning large woodpecker which is still considered by many to be a subspecies of the Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus stricklandi).
This bird has dark crimson wings & back (unlike the brownish-yellow of the Greater Flameback) -a feature also shared by the Sri Lankan endemic red-backed race of Black-rumped Flameback however the Crimson-backed Flameback has an obvious ivory-coloured bill.
Crimson Flameback (Chrysocolaptes stricklandi) Male
Crimson Flameback (Chrysocolaptes stricklandi) Male

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