Malabar flameback

Malabar flameback
	Male in KeralaCalls of C. socialis, recorded in Wayanad district
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Chrysocolaptes
Species:	C. socialis
Binomial name
	Chrysocolaptes socialis; Koelz, 1939
Synonyms
	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]

Female Western Ghats Malabar flameback (*C. socialis*) at Sirsi, Karnataka (India)

References

^ ^a ^b "IOC World Bird List 12.1". doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. S2CID 246050277.
^ Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Anderton, John C. (2012). Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Vol. 2: Attributes and Status (2nd ed.). Washington D.C. and Barcelona: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-87-3.
^ Abhirami, C.; Niranjana, C.; Praveen, J. (2021). "An analysis of Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus vocalisations and their taxonomic and biogeographic implications" (PDF). Indian Birds. 17 (5): 129–134.

[:0-1] "IOC World Bird List 12.1". doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. S2CID 246050277.

[2] Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Anderton, John C. (2012). Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Vol. 2: Attributes and Status (2nd ed.). Washington D.C. and Barcelona: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-87-3.

[3] Abhirami, C.; Niranjana, C.; Praveen, J. (2021). "An analysis of Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus vocalisations and their taxonomic and biogeographic implications" (PDF). Indian Birds. 17 (5): 129–134.

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