Greater Flameback bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsGreater Flameback [guttacristatus], Greater Flameback (Greater), Greater Flameback [nominate]
Old latin name for birdPicus guttacristatus
OrderWoodpeckers, toucans and relatives / Piciformes
FamilyWoodpeckers / Picidae
GenusChrysocolaptes
Breeding regionEurasia, Oriental Region
Breeding subregionse India, Himalayas e to Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas

Greater Flameback bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Rolf A. de By
    Vietnam
  • 2.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    India
  • 3.
    Call, © Bernard BOUSQUET
    Thailand
  • 4.
    Call, © Ross Gallardy
    Thailand
  • 5.
    Call, © Pronoy Baidya
    India
  • 6.
    Flight call, © Vivek Puliyeri
    India
  • 7.
    Call, © Ross Gallardy
    Cambodia
  • 8.
    Call, © Ross Gallardy
    Cambodia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Greater Flameback

Greater Flameback subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus andrewsiBorneo-No
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus guttacristatusc, e Himalayas and se India to s China, Thailand and Indochina-No
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus indomalayicusMalay Pen., Sumatra and w Java-No
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus sultaneusnw Himalayas-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalanpicot sultà gros
Chinese大金背啄木鸟, 大金背啄木鸟 [guttacristatus Group]
Chinese (Traditional)大金背啄木
Croatianpjegavovrata žuna
Czechdatel zlatopláštíkový
DanishYunnan-sultanspætte
DutchGrote Goudrugspecht
FrenchPic de Tickell (guttacristatus), Pic de Tickell [nominal], Pic de Tickell, Pic de Tickell [guttacristatus]
GermanGoldmantel-Sultanspecht, Goldmantel-Sultanspecht [guttacristatus-Gruppe]
Japaneseオオコガネゲラ(guttacristatus グループ), オオコガネゲラ (guttacristatus グループ), オオコガネゲラ
Malayalamവലിയ പൊന്നി മരംകൊത്തി
Norwegiansultanspett, Sultanspett, sultanspett (guttacristatus gr.)
Polishsułtan indochiński [gr. guttacristatus], sułtan indochiński
Portuguesepica-pau-sultão-grande, peto-sultão
RussianБольшой дятел-султан [группа guttacristatus]
SerbianVelika vatroleđa žuna (velika), Velika vatroleđa žuna
Slovakzlatoš indočínsky, zlatoš indočínsky (skup.)
SpanishPito sultán grande, Pito Sultán Grande (grupo guttacristatus)
Swedishstörre sultanspett, större sultanspett [gruppen guttacristatus]
Thaiนกหัวขวานสี่นิ้วหลังทอง (ตะวันออก), นกหัวขวานสี่นิ้วหลังทอง
TurkishBüyük alev sırtlı ağaçkakan [guttacristatus grubu], Büyük Alevsırt [guttacristatus grubu], Büyük Alevsırt
Ukrainianдзьобак індокитайський