Chrysocolaptes
Genus of birds
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Chrysocolaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in South and Southeast Asia.
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| Chrysocolaptes | |
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| White-naped woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Campephilini |
| Genus: | Chrysocolaptes Blyth, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Picus strictus[1] Horsfield, 1821 | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy
The genus was introduced by English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the Javan flameback (Chrysocolaptes strictus) by Scottish ornithologist Edward Hargitt in 1890.[3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and kolaptēs meaning "chiseller".[4] The genus belongs to the tribe Campephilini in the subfamily Picinae.[5]
Species
The genus contains ten species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| Chrysocolaptes festivus | White-naped woodpecker | India and Sri Lanka |
.jpg) | Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus | Greater flameback | Himalayas, ne India to Southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java, and northeast Borneo |
 | Chrysocolaptes socialis | Malabar flameback | Southwest India |
.jpg) | Chrysocolaptes stricklandi | Crimson-backed flameback | Sri Lanka |
| Chrysocolaptes strictus | Javan flameback | Java, Bali, and Kangean Islands | |
 | Chrysocolaptes haematribon | Luzon flameback | Luzon, Polillo, Catanduanes, and Marinduque, the Philippines |
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Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus | Yellow-faced flameback | Philippine islands of Negros, Guimaras, Panay, Masbate, and Ticao |
.jpg) | Chrysocolaptes lucidus | Buff-spotted flameback | Philippine islands of Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Biliran, Panaon, Mindanao, Basilan, and Samal |
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Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus | Red-headed flameback | Philippine islands of Balabac, Palawan, Busuanga, and Calamian |
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Chrysocolaptes validus | Orange-backed woodpecker | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java |
