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Luzon Flameback
Chrysocolaptes haematribon (Wagler, 1827)
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Luzon Flameback, Chrysocolaptes haematribon, is a woodpecker of the Luzon group in the Philippines, including Luzon, Polillo, Catanduanes and Marinduque. It lives in tropical moist lowland forest and also in tropical moist montane forest up to 1,500 metres. This bird is a member of the Picidae and is part of the greater flameback complex, though it is now treated as a separate species. Males and females differ in plumage, with the male showing a red crest and the female a darker crest marked with white spots.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Luzon group (n Philippines)
