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Common Flamebacked Woodpecker

Dinopium javanense · Family Picidae

Dinopium javanense

Family Picidae

Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae
GBIF occurrence records
41,573
Countries and territories with records
18
Common Flamebacked Woodpecker
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About this species

This species has 41,573 occurrence records from 18 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Singapore (41%), Thailand (22%), Malaysia (14.6%), India (7.2%) and Cambodia (6%); together they account for 90.8% of the total. In Singapore, this species accounts for 1% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Dinopium javanense combines the genus name Dinopium with the species epithet javanense. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Dinopium; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Dinopium benghalense, Dinopium psarodes and Dinopium shorii.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 230 species of the family Picidae. This species ranks 68th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Dryobates pubescens. Its record count is 10.4% of the family average (400,653). The family Picidae belongs to the order Piciformes, which has 424 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Picidae

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