Woodpeckers

Crimson-backed Flameback

Chrysocolaptes stricklandi

The Crimson-backed Flameback (Chrysocolaptes stricklandi) is a 138 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Woodpeckers

Order

Piciformes

Weight

138 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Sri Lanka.

Where to see it: Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka); Uda Walawe NP (Sri Lanka); Yala National Park (General) (Sri Lanka); Bundala NP (General) (Sri Lanka); Matara · Kirala Kele Sanctuary (Sri Lanka).

Photo: (c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist