Red headed-flameback
Red-headed Flameback
Chrysocolaptes eryhtrocephalus
Picidae Family
Bird # 424 - May 2013
Length 268mm (10 1/2 inches)
This Philippine endemic was part of the Greater Flameback species and was recently split. The Red-headed Flameback Chrysocolaptes eryhtrocephalus can be found in Balabac, Palawan, Calamian group.
Told from the similar looking Spot-throated Flameback (formerly known as Common Flameback) in Palawan by the pale color of the beak, red on throat and face, and the spots on the upper breast
Read MoreChrysocolaptes eryhtrocephalus
Picidae Family
Bird # 424 - May 2013
Length 268mm (10 1/2 inches)
This Philippine endemic was part of the Greater Flameback species and was recently split. The Red-headed Flameback Chrysocolaptes eryhtrocephalus can be found in Balabac, Palawan, Calamian group.
Told from the similar looking Spot-throated Flameback (formerly known as Common Flameback) in Palawan by the pale color of the beak, red on throat and face, and the spots on the upper breast
