Orange-backed Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes validus)

About Orange-backed Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes validus)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
• Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers

The orange-backed woodpecker is a bird in the woodpecker family Picidae, found in southern Thailand, Malaya, Sarawak and Sabah in Malaysia, Brunei, Sumatra, and Java. It is the only member of the genus Reinwardtipicus. It is a forest specialist that is found primarily in the canopy.