Chrysocolaptes stricklandi

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Piciformes/Picidae/Chrysocolaptes

At a glance

Occurrence records4 663

Data sources6

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Chrysocolaptes stricklandi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 663 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF4 663 records

01Narrative

The crimson-backed flameback or greater Sri Lanka flameback (Chrysocolaptes stricklandi) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka. The crimson-backed flameback and the greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) were both formerly considered as subspecies of the buff-spotted flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONET

Size & morphology14

Beak depth10.7 mm

Beak length (culmen)42.8 mm

Beak length (nares)32.9 mm

Beak width10.2 mm

Body mass171 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 171 g · AVONET: 138 g

Body mass (female)174 g

Body mass (male)211 g

Hand-wing index19.9

Kipp's distance28.8 mm

SVL31 cm

Secondary length116 mm

Tail length76.2 mm

Tarsus length29.7 mm

Wing length145 mm

Life cycle & reproduction4

Egg mass8 g

Fledging age25 days

Incubation14.75 days

Litter size3.2

Diet & foraging2

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size66 112 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type4 663 records

Wild obs. + sensor4 660

Museum / vouchered3

Origin

Native3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 492 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km

≤100 m 138≤1 km 33≤10 km 11>10 km 10

192 georeferenced · 4 468 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor4 660

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Geneva, CH	2
New Haven, US	1

2 institutions · 3 of 3 vouchered records shown

Chrysocolaptes stricklandi

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology14

Life cycle & reproduction4

Diet & foraging2

Habitat & environment4

Record type4 663 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Record type4 663 records