The flamebacks or goldenbacks are large woodpeckers which are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia. They derive their English names from their golden or crimson backs.

However, the two flameback genera Dinopium and Chrysocolaptes are not particularly close relatives. The former are close to the enigmatic Meiglyptes and possibly Hemicircus woodpeckers, and the recently reclassified rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus). Chrysocolaptes on the other hand appears to be a rather close relative of Campephilus, the genus of the famous ivory-billed woodpecker (C. principalis).

Flameback

Tribe Malarpicini

Genus Dinopium

Himalayan flameback, Dinopium shorii

Common flameback, Dinopium javanense

Spot-throated flameback, Dinopium everetti

Black-rumped flameback, Dinopium benghalense

Red-backed flameback, Dinopium psarodes

Tribe Megapicini

Genus Chrysocolaptes

White-naped woodpecker, Chrysocolaptes festivus

Greater flameback, Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

Crimson-backed flameback, Chrysocolaptes stricklandi

Javan flameback, Chrysocolaptes strictus

Luzon flameback, Chrysocolaptes haematribon

Yellow-faced flameback, Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus

Buff-spotted flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus

Red-headed flameback, Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus

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Bird common names

Flameback