Biology:Luzon flameback

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Short description: Species of bird

Luzon flameback
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Chrysocolaptes
Species:
C. haematribon
Binomial name
Chrysocolaptes haematribon
(Wagler, 1827)
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The Luzon flameback (Chrysocolaptes haematribon) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found on the northern islands of Luzon, Polillo, Catanduanes and Marinduque, Philippines . It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the greater flameback.

Habitat

File:Chrysocolaptes haematribon - 1838 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ18700173.tif Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and less often on tropical moist montane forests up to 1,500 masl. It is threatened by habitat loss, and the illegal wildlife trade. It is possibly extinct on Marinduque[2]

Description

Large sized woodpecker with a red back hence the name and a yellowish belly. Males and females are sexually dimorphic. Males have a red crest while the females have a more drab black crest with white spots.[3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Chrysocolaptes haematribon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22726566A94925638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726566A94925638.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22726566/94925638. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippines. Barcelona: Lynx and Birdlife International Field Guides. 
  3. "Luzon Flameback". https://ebird.org/species/luzfla1/. 
  • Collar, N.J. 2011. Species limits in some Philippine birds including the Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus. Forktail number 27: 29–38.

Wikidata ☰ Q2967366 entry