The flamebacks or goldenbacks are large woodpeckers which are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia. They derive their English names from their golden or crimson backs.
| Flameback | |
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| Common flameback Dinopium javanense | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Subfamily: | Picinae |
| Genera | |
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Dinopium Rafinesque, 1814 | |
However, the two flameback genera Dinopium and Chrysocolaptes are not particularly close relatives. The former are close to the enigmatic Meiglyptes and possibly Hemicircus woodpeckers, and the recently reclassified rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus). Chrysocolaptes on the other hand appears to be a rather close relative of Campephilus, the genus of the famous ivory-billed woodpecker (C. principalis).[1]
Tribe Malarpicini
- Genus Dinopium
- Himalayan flameback, Dinopium shorii
- Common flameback, Dinopium javanense
- Spot-throated flameback, Dinopium everetti
- Black-rumped flameback, Dinopium benghalense
- Red-backed flameback, Dinopium psarodes
Tribe Megapicini
- Genus Chrysocolaptes
- White-naped woodpecker, Chrysocolaptes festivus
- Greater flameback, Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Crimson-backed flameback, Chrysocolaptes stricklandi
- Javan flameback, Chrysocolaptes strictus
- Luzon flameback, Chrysocolaptes haematribon
- Yellow-faced flameback, Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus
- Buff-spotted flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus
- Red-headed flameback, Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus
Footnotes
edit- ^ Benz et al. (2006)
References
edit- Benz, Brett W.; Robbins, Mark B.; Peterson, A. Townsend (2006). "Evolutionary history of woodpeckers and allies (Aves: Picidae): Placing key taxa on the phylogenetic tree" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40 (2): 389–399. Bibcode:2006MolPE..40..389B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.021. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 16635580. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2010.