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Greater Flameback

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

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3 Species ID Suggestions

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NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago
Black-rumped Flameback
Dinopium benghalense White-naped Woodpecker
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Fyn Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago
Common Flameback
Dinopium javanense http://www.kolkatabirds.com/commonflameback8ms.jpg
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Liam
Liam 11 years ago
Greater Flameback
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus BirdForum


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4 Comments

AbhishekDevendra
AbhishekDevendra 11 years ago

guys..one more pic added,hope will help to find accurately

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Liam
Liam 11 years ago

C. guttacristatus is the only Flameback with pale irises, but also note the two dark stripes on the chin that differentiate it from the others.

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Fyn Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

Thank you, Their so similar!!!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Fyn, i think you are correct on D.javanense :)

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AbhishekDevendra
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AbhishekDevendra

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Oct 6, 2012
Submitted on Oct 6, 2012

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