Has a dull drumroll of 0.8 - 1.5 seconds. It can either go along in a rhythmic "woik-woik-tri-ti-ti-ti-t-t t-t-trrrrrr!" or a repeated "woik-tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-tri- !" which lasts for three seconds. Its voice is a sharp whinny which is more unmusical and screeching than that of D. Mostly found in the dry zone, but likes humid environments. It can be seen from 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) away. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, including manmade environments like home gardens. Hybrids can be either mostly red with orange or yellow (closer to Red-backed flameback) or mostly yellow with red or orange (closer to Black-rumped flameback) Juveniles are duller with less bold markings, with males having white spots on crown and females with few spots if not none. It has a fairly sized grey bill, which forms a blunt point. The eye is hidden among the black eyestripe. It has a red crown, with the forecrown and forehead black speckled with white in females. A black eyestripe stretches to the back of the neck and diffuses into the nape and upper back, with white streaks between the eye and neck. The breast and neck are black with white spots on the throat and white streaks on the breast. Mostly crimson with black trailing edges to wings. Description įemale head, which clearly shows the spots on forecrown and forehead, streaks between eye and nape, and spots on throat.Ībout 28 centimetres (11 in) in length. The other Red flamebacks are the Crimson-backed flameback ( Chrysocolaptes stricklandi) of Sri Lanka, and the Luzon flameback ( Chrysocolaptes haematribon) of the Philippines (Except for the Yellow-faced flameback ( Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus), but it is mostly yellow.) This analogous trait (a trait shared by two organisms by convergent evolution, which means that they evolved to be similar independently because of similar evolutionary pressures) suggests that some evolutionary pressure in Sri Lanka and the Philippines caused their endemic flamebacks to become red. It is also the only red-coloured Dinopium species. It is one of the three species of red coloured flamebacks which are found only in Sri Lanka and the Philippines. It is a case of Hybrid inferiority, in which the pure species are more successful than the hybrids.
Hybridization is less out of this border, where the Black-rumped flameback dominates north of the border while the Red-backed flameback dominates south of the border. The hybridization is concentrated north of a border from Trincomalee to the base of Puttalam lagoon and south of a border from Mullaitivu to Mannar. In this study, it was found to hybridize with the Black-rumped flameback.
Black rumped flameback full#
It was elevated to full species status in a study by Sampath S. It was later lumped as subspecies of the Black-rumped flameback ( Dinopium benghalense), as Dinopium benghalense psarodes. It was first placed in the genus Brachypternus as Brachypternus ceylonus. It has been considered an endemic species since the time of Legge. Orange can clearly be seen, indicating a hybrid. Male of reddish orange hybrid form, presumably juvenile.
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