| Chrysocolaptes | |
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| White-naped woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Campephilini |
| Genus: | Chrysocolaptes Blyth, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Picus strictus1 Horsfield, 1821
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Chrysocolaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in South and Southeast Asia.
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 |
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Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus | Greater flameback | Himalayas, ne India to Southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java, and northeast Borneo |
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Chrysocolaptes socialis | Malabar flameback | Southwest India |
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Chrysocolaptes stricklandi | Crimson-backed flameback | Sri Lanka |
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Chrysocolaptes strictus | Javan flameback | Java, Bali, and Kangean Islands |
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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 |
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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 |
References
References
- "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- Blyth, Edward (1843). "Mr Blyth's monthly report for the December meeting, 1842, with addenda subsequently appended". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 12 Part 2 (143): 925–1011 [1004].
- Hargitt, Edward (1890). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 18: Scansores. London: British Museum. p. 442.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Shakya, S.B.; Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.M.; Sheldon, F.H. (2017). "Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 116: 182–191. Bibcode:2017MolPE.116..182S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005. PMID 28890006.
- AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 30 January 2026.