Greater Yellownape
Chrysophlegma flavinucha
大黄冠啄木鸟
Description
A large woodpecker with striking olive-green plumage. The upperparts are dark olive green, while the underparts are grey. As the name suggests, this species has a prominent yellow-crested nape and throat. The crown is brownish in color. The flight feathers are chestnut with black barring, creating a distinctive pattern in flight. The bill often appears whitish, which can be a helpful identification feature. Overall, this is a robust and colorful member of the woodpecker family.
Distribution & Habitat
Found across East Asia from northern and eastern India, extending through Indochina to southeastern China, Hainan, and Sumatra. Inhabits subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests as well as subtropical and tropical moist montane forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Chrysophlegma
- eBird Code
- greyel1
Subspecies (8)
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Chrysophlegma flavinucha flavinucha
foothills from central Nepal to northeastern and eastern India (south to Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh) and eastward to Myanmar, southern China (southern Sichuan and Yunnan), and northern Vietnam
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Chrysophlegma flavinucha korinchi
southwestern Sumatra
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Chrysophlegma flavinucha kumaonense
Himalayan foothills northern northern India (Uttarakhand) and possibly to western Nepal
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Chrysophlegma flavinucha mystacale
northern Sumatra
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Chrysophlegma flavinucha pierrei
southeastern Thailand to southern Vietnam
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Chrysophlegma flavinucha ricketti
northern Vietnam (Tonkin) to southeastern China (Fujian)
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Chrysophlegma flavinucha styani
Hainan and immediately adjacent mainland China
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Chrysophlegma flavinucha wrayi
highlands of Malay Peninsula
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.