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Black-rumped Flameblack
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dinopium benghalense, Lesser golden-backed woodpecker, Lesser goldenback
species of bird
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Within Vinony's link graph, Black-rumped Flameblack is referenced by 62 other articles, and connects out to Pamela C. Rasmussen, India and Pakistan.
It sits within the topics Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Birds described in 1758 and Birds of South Asia.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dinopium
- Mass
- 110
- Image
- Black-rumped Flameback in Rabindra Sarobar January 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Dinopium benghalense
- taxon name
- Dinopium benghalense
- Commons gallery
- Dinopium benghalense
- litter size
- 2.4
- egg incubation period
- 18
- taxon common name
- peto-de-rabadilha-preta
- short name
- D. benghalense
- taxon author citation
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Encyclopedic overview
The black-rumped flameback (Dinopium benghalense), also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker or lesser goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the few woodpeckers that are seen in urban areas. It has a characteristic rattling-whinnying call and an undulating flight. It is the only golden-backed woodpecker with a black throat and a black rump.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black-rumped Flameblack” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.