Malabar Flameback

The Malabar flameback is a woodpecker endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It was previously considered a subspecies of the greater flameback but was split as a distinct species by the International Ornithological Congress in 2022, based on a 2021 study that found differences in plumage and voice between the two (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached account is very short and gives no description, measurements, diet or breeding information, and the species is not in SoIB 2023, which predates its split, so this entry is limited to identification and range (Wikipedia, general species account).