Deep Forest Canopy
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Woodpeckers

Greater Flameback

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

The greater flameback, also known as the greater goldenback or large golden-backed woodpecker, is a woodpecker species. It occurs widely in the northern Indian subcontinent, eastwards to southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java and northeast Borneo.

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