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Orange-backed Woodpecker
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Orange-backed Woodpecker
Chrysocolaptes validus
The orange-backed woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes validus) is a bird in the woodpecker family Picidae, found in southern Thailand, Malaya, Sarawak and Sabah in Malaysia, Brunei, Sumatra, and Java. It is monotypic in the genus Reinwardtipicus. It is a forest specialist that is found primarily in the canopy.
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Every page naming Chrysocolaptes validus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1506301.