PICIDAE
COMMON FLAMEBACK



Location : Malim Nawar, Perak
Date : 22 February 2021

28–30 cm Male intermedium: Single black submoustachial, all black hindneck, no black on lores/crown-side.Female: White-streaked black crown. Juvenile: Blacker-brown breast with white spots, fainter belly-scales. Male mostly black on fore head/crown, red crest; female more spotted than streaked crown. Other subspecies D.j.javanense (S Thailand southwards). VOICE Long, trilled ka-di-di-di-di-di-di.. (faster/less metallic than Greater). Softer drums than Greater. 1–2 kow notes, kowp-owp-owp-owp in flight. HABITAT Open deciduous forest, gardens, plantations, mangroves; up to 800 m (locally higher Myanmar). RANGE Un/co R (except N Myanmar).