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Greater Flameback Woodpecker ♂

Chrysocolaptes lucidus

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Greater Flameback
Chrysocolaptes lucidus Greater Flameback


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13 Comments

KdonGalay
KdonGalay 11 years ago

thanks Eva Seifert, thundermak

thundermak
thundermak 11 years ago

cool looking woodpecker

EvaSeifert
EvaSeifert 11 years ago

Amazing ~!

KdonGalay
KdonGalay 11 years ago

thanks a lot Diane

KdonGalay
KdonGalay 11 years ago

yes Kalee Vidanapathirana, this is Greater Flameback of haematribon race. thanks

DianePlatcoBrooks
DianePlatcoBrooks 11 years ago

Wow, what a woodpecker !

KdonGalay
KdonGalay 11 years ago

my pleasure Stian Waaler, lovely indeed.

KdonGalay
KdonGalay 11 years ago

thanks Dixie, its quiet common in Subic Forest, Philippines

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

Wow, that's a beautiful woodpecker... Lovely pictures!!

Dixie
Dixie 11 years ago

I've never seen one of these before. Great shot!

KdonGalay
KdonGalay 11 years ago

thanks Marta and Atul

references to this species having orange tertials and inner secondaries and brown primaries are not readily available, this was due to previous years, this specie has been treated as subspecies of the Greater Flameback Woodpecker.

The MnMs
The MnMs 11 years ago

Beautiful! I had never seen this type of woodpecker before! Thanks for sharing :-)

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

lovely !!

KdonGalay
Spotted by
KdonGalay

Olongapo, Zambales, Philippines

Spotted on Dec 31, 2012
Submitted on Dec 31, 2012

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