Greater Flameback

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

The greater flameback, also known as the greater goldenback or large golden-backed woodpecker, is a woodpecker species. It occurs widely in the northern Indian subcontinent, eastwards to southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java and northeast Borneo.

Scientific name

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

Family

Woodpeckers

IUCN status

LC