Black-rumped Flameback
Dinopium benghalense
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The black-rumped flameback, also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker or lesser goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the few woodpeckers that are seen in urban areas. It has a characteristic rattling-whinnying call and an undulating flight. It is the only golden-backed woodpecker with a black throat and a black rump.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Dinopium