Species factsheet

Greater Goldenback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)

Order: Chrysocolaptes lucidus
Family: Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Danish name: Stor Sultanspætte

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Subspecies and Distribution

sultaneus

nw Himalayas

guttacristatus

e Himalayas and se India to s China, Thailand and Indochina

socialis

sw India

indomalayicus

Malay Pen., Sumatra, and w and c Java

strictus

e Java

kangeanensis

coastal e Java, Bali and the Kangean Is. (n of Bali)

andrewsi

ne Borneo

erythrocephalus

Palawan and other w Philippine Is.

haematribon

n Philippines

grandis

Polillo Is. (n Philippines, east of Luzon)

rufopunctatus

ec Philippines

montanus

Mindanao (s Philippines)

lucidus

Zamboanga Pen. (w Mindanao, s Philippines) and Basilan I. (s Philippines)

xanthocephalus

wc Philippines

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