Himalayan Flameback

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Himalayan Flameback
at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Genus: Dinopium Species: D. shorii
Binomial name
Dinopium shorii (Vigors, 1832)

The Himalayan Flameback (Dinopium shorii) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

[edit] Source

• BirdLife International 2004. Dinopium shorii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.