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What the Black-rumped Flameback sounds like
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The black-rumped flameback is a large species at 26–29 cm in length. It has a typical woodpecker shape, and the golden yellow wing coverts are distinctive. The rump is black and not red as in the greater flameback. The underparts are white with dark chevron markings. The black throat finely marked with white immediately separates it from other golden backed woodpeckers in the Indian region. The head is whitish with a black nape and throat, and there is a greyish eye patch. Unlike the greater flameback it has no dark moustachial stripes. The adult male has a red crown and crest.
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When to see the Black-rumped Flameback
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-rumped Flameback
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black-rumped Flameback
The black-rumped flameback, also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker or lesser goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the few woodpeckers that are seen in urban areas. It has a characteristic rattling-whinnying call and an undulating flight. It is the only golden-backed woodpecker with a black throat and a black rump.
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Easily confused with
Common FlamebackDinopium javanenseMales and females differ in the crest colour, as males have a bright red crest while females have a black crest with white streaks.
Red-backed FlamebackDinopium psarodesAbout 28 centimetres (11 in) in length.
Himalayan FlamebackDinopium shoriiThe Himalayan flameback is very similar in appearance to the Greater Goldenback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) but they are not at all closely related.
Side by side: Black-rumped Flameback vs Common Flameback · Black-rumped Flameback vs Red-backed Flameback · Black-rumped Flameback vs Himalayan Flameback
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