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Black-rumped Flameblack
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dinopium benghalense, Lesser golden-backed woodpecker, Lesser goldenback
species of bird
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.