Greater yellownape
Appearance
Greater yellownape | |
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Subspecies Picus flavinucha kumaonense from Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Chrysophlegma |
Species: | C. flavinucha
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Binomial name | |
Chrysophlegma flavinucha (Gould, 1834)
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Synonyms | |
Picus flavinucha |
The greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)[1] is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae.
It is found in East Asia from northern and eastern India to south-eastern China, Indochina, Hainan, and Sumatra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Description
[edit]Large, olive green woodpecker with prominent yellow-crested nape and throat. Dark olive green with grey underparts. Crown brownish and flight feathers chestnut barred with black. Bill often looks whitish.
Gallery
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Greater Yellownape
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Greater Yellownape (female)
References
[edit]- ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Chrysophlegma flavinucha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22681437A130041888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22681437A130041888.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.