Malabar flameback
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| Malabar flameback | |
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| Male in KeralaFile:Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus, Kerala.oga | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Chrysocolaptes |
| Species: | C. socialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysocolaptes socialis Koelz, 1939
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| Synonyms | |
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Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus socialis | |
The Malabar flameback (Chrysocolaptes socialis) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.[1]
It was previously considered a subspecies of the greater flameback (C. guttacristatus), but was split as a distinct species by the International Ornithological Congress in 2022 based on a 2021 study noting differences in plumage and vocalizations between both species.[1][2][3]
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