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Greater Yellownape

Chrysophlegma flavinucha

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 177 g
Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha), photo 1
Photo: Shiv's fotografia · CC BY 4.0
Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha), photo 2
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Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha), photo 3
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Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha), photo 4
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy · CC BY 4.0
Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha), photo 5
Photo: Mathieu Soetens · CC BY 4.0
Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha), photo 6
Photo: Jagdish Singh Negi · CC BY 4.0
Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha), photo 7
Photo: Jagdish Singh Negi · CC BY 4.0
Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha), photo 8
Photo: Mathieu Soetens · CC BY 4.0
Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha), photo 9
Photo: Shiv's fotografia · CC BY 4.0
Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha), photo 10
Photo: egorbirder · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

Large, olive green woodpecker with prominent yellow-crested nape and throat. Dark olive green with grey underparts. Crown brownish and flight feathers chestnut barred with black. Bill often looks whitish.

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When to see the Greater Yellownape

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Greater Yellownape

Regular range

The map shades 12 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

India Thailand Malaysia Nepal Bhutan Cambodia China Vietnam Bangladesh Indonesia Myanmar (Burma) Laos

About the Greater Yellownape

The greater yellownape is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae.

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Easily confused with

Banded Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum) Banded WoodpeckerChrysophlegma miniaceumThe upper parts of the banded woodpecker are predominantly rufous-brown. Checker-throated Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma mentale) Checker-throated WoodpeckerChrysophlegma mentaleThe checker-throated woodpecker, checker-throated yellownape, or Javan yellownape is a species of bird in the family Picidae native to Southeast Asia.

Side by side: Banded Woodpecker vs Greater Yellownape

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