Red-backed flameback

Red-backed flameback
	Adult female
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Dinopium
Species:	D. psarodes
Binomial name
	Dinopium psarodes; (Lichtenstein, 1793)
Synonyms
	Dinopium benghalense psarodes

The red-backed flameback or lesser Sri Lanka flameback (Dinopium psarodes) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to central and southern Sri Lanka. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-rumped flameback.[2]

Description and ecology

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

References

BirdLife International (2014). "Dinopium psarodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Fernando, S.P.; Irwin, D.E.; Seneviratne, S.S. (2016). "Phenotypic and genetic analysis support distinct species status of the Red-backed Woodpecker (Lesser Sri Lanka Flameback: Dinopium psarodes) of Sri Lanka". The Auk. 133 (3): 497–511. doi:10.1642/AUK-15-233.1.

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[1] BirdLife International (2014). "Dinopium psarodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Fernando, S.P.; Irwin, D.E.; Seneviratne, S.S. (2016). "Phenotypic and genetic analysis support distinct species status of the Red-backed Woodpecker (Lesser Sri Lanka Flameback: Dinopium psarodes) of Sri Lanka". The Auk. 133 (3): 497–511. doi:10.1642/AUK-15-233.1.