Common Flameback

Dinopium javanense

The common flameback (Dinopium javanense), also referred to as the common goldenback, is a small (28–30 cm), three-toed woodpecker in the family Picidae, found throughout South and Southeast Asia. Males and females differ in the crest colour, as males have a bright red crest while females have a black crest with white streaks. Both sexes have a white supercilium, white cheek stripe, and white throat area, all separated by stripes of black, and they have a spotted black and white underside. The bird is distinguishable from other similar golden-backed woodpeckers, such as the greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus), by its smaller bill and black nape, and from the black-rumped flameback by its red rump and white throat. Its loud, high-pitched call, which resembles a series of "kow-kowp" rattles is incredibly similar to the greater flameback's call, and is the best way to distinguish the common flameback from the Himalayan flameback, which is a nearly identical bird.
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Sightings

A photo of a Common Flameback photographed in Ranthambore Nation Park Zone 6 India
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Will Leedham
Wednesday 18 Jan 2023 - 4:02am
India
A map showing the sighting location
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Lucas Corneliussen
Wednesday 04 Jan 2023 - 6:35am
Thailand
A map showing the sighting location
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Izuan Izham
Sunday 06 Nov 2022 - 7:38am
Malaysia
A map showing the sighting location
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Keshava Mysore
Saturday 05 Nov 2022 - 6:39am
Thailand
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