Red-backed Flameback
Dinopium psarodes
Least concern
Stand-in photo: Rehman Abubakr, CC BY-SA 4.0
Look again
A garden bird many Sri Lankans see every week, and it lives nowhere else on Earth.
Field marks
Deep red back, a black and white face and a red crest on the male.
Family
Picidae
Group
Hornbill, barbets and woodpeckers
Habitat
Dry-zone forest, Gardens and forest edges, Wet-zone rainforest
Where to look
Across the island, including gardens
Length
About 28 cm
IUCN status
Least concern
