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NENot EvaluatedEndemic
When to see the Malabar Flameback
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Malabar Flameback
Regular range
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Malabar Flameback
The Malabar flameback is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
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Easily confused with
Greater FlamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatusThe greater flameback is a large woodpecker, at 33 cm in length.
White-naped WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes festivusThe white-naped woodpecker is a large species at 29 cm (11 in) in length.
Crimson-backed FlamebackChrysocolaptes stricklandiThe 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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