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LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebrates
WoodlandCavity nestMedium · 138 g
WoodlandCavity nestMedium · 138 g
When to see the Crimson-backed Flameback
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Crimson-backed Flameback
Regular range
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Crimson-backed Flameback
The crimson-backed flameback or greater Sri Lanka flameback is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka.
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Easily confused with
Orange-backed WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes validusThe orange-backed woodpecker is a bird in the woodpecker family Picidae, found in southern Thailand, Malaya, Sarawak and Sabah in Malaysia, Brunei, Sumatra, and Java.
Luzon FlamebackChrysocolaptes haematribonLarge sized woodpecker with a red back hence the name and a yellowish belly.
Buff-spotted FlamebackChrysocolaptes lucidusThe buff-spotted flameback is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
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