Orange-backed woodpecker

Orange-backed woodpecker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Reinwardtipicus
Bonaparte, 1854
Species: R. validus
Binomial name
Reinwardtipicus validus
(Temminck, 1825)
Synonyms

Chrysocolaptes validus

The orange-backed woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) is a woodpecker found in southern Thailand, Malaya, Sarawak and Sabah in Malaysia, Brunei, Sumatra and Java. It is a member of the family Picidae and in the monotypic genus Reinwardtipicus. It sometimes is placed in the genus Chrysocolaptes.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Chrysocolaptes validus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  • BirdLife species factsheet for Chrysocolaptes validus
  • "Reinwardtipicus validus". Avibase. Edit this at Wikidata
  • "Orange-backed woodpecker media". Internet Bird Collection.
  • Interactive range map of Chrysocolaptes validus at IUCN Red List maps
  • Audio recordings of Orange-backed woodpecker on Xeno-canto.


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