Buff-spotted Flameback
Chrysocolaptes lucidus
A large woodpecker of forest with a dense understory from the lowlands to the lower mountains in the southern Philippines. Orange to reddish on the back, and dark below with heavy cream-colored spotting. Neck is spotted with buff. Note the crown sloping to an angular crest, which is bright red in males and orange with spots in the female. Unmistakable. The only other similarly sized woodpecker in range is Southern Sooty-Woodpecker, which is entirely dark. Voice includes a loud, metallic rattling trill.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Chrysocolaptes lucidus
- Authority
- (Scopoli, 1786)
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Chrysocolaptes
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
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