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WoodlandCavity nestMedium · 130 g
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Large sized woodpecker with a red back hence the name and a yellowish belly. Males and females are sexually dimorphic. Males have a red crest while the females have a more drab black crest with white spots.
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When to see the Luzon Flameback
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Luzon Flameback
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Luzon Flameback
The Luzon flameback is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found on the northern islands of Luzon, Polillo, Catanduanes and Marinduque, Philippines. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the greater flameback.
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Easily confused with
Buff-spotted FlamebackChrysocolaptes lucidusThe buff-spotted flameback is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
Red-headed FlamebackChrysocolaptes erythrocephalusThe red-headed flameback is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
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.
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