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Dinopium
''Dinopium'' is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are found in South Asia, South and Southeast Asia. The genus was introduced by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1814 to accommodate the common flameback (''Dinopium javanense''). The name combines the Classical Greek meaning "mighty" or "huge" and ''ōps/ōpos'' meaning "appearance". A large phylogenetic study of the woodpecker family Picidae published in 2017 found that the genus was paraphyletic. The olive-backed woodpecker (''Dinopium rafflesii'') is more closely related to the pale-headed woodpecker (''Gecinulus grantia'') than it is to other members of the genus ''Dinopium''. Species As presently constituted, the genus contains the following 5 species: References

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Common Flameback
The common flameback (''Dinopium javanense''), also referred to as the common goldenback, is a small (28–30 cm), three-toed woodpecker in the family Woodpecker, Picidae, found throughout South Asia, South and Southeast Asia.Pittie, Aasheesh & Jayapal, Rajah & Jayadevan, Praveen. (2020). Taxonomic updates to the checklists of birds of India, and the South Asian region-2020. Indian BIRDS. 16. 12-19. Taxonomy The common flameback is closely related with almost all members of the ''Dinopium'' species, which include 4 other species; the Himalayan flameback  (''D. shorii)'', the spot-throated flameback ''(D. everetti)'', the black-rumped flameback (''D. benghalense''), and the red-backed flameback (''D. psarodes'')''.'' The olive-backed woodpecker (''Gecinulus rafflesii'') was formerly classified in ''Dinopium'' but is more closely related to the pale-headed woodpecker (''Gecinulus grantia''), and was thus reclassified into ''Gecinulus''. The common flameback is most closely r ...
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Black-rumped Flameback
The black-rumped flameback (''Dinopium benghalense''), also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker or lesser goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the few woodpeckers that are seen in urban areas. It has a characteristic rattling-whinnying call and an undulating flight. It is the only golden-backed woodpecker with a black throat and a black rump. Taxonomy The black-rumped flameback was described and illustrated by two pre-Linnaean English naturalists from a dried specimen that had been brought to London. In 1738 Eleazar Albin included the bird as the "Bengall Woodpecker" in his ''A Natural History of Birds'' and in 1751 George Edwards (naturalist), George Edwards included the "Spotted Indian Woodpecker" in his ''A Natural History of Uncommon Birds''. The black-rumped flameback was Species description, formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, tenth editi ...
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Red-backed Flameback
The Red-backed flameback, Lesser Sri Lanka flameback, Sri Lanka red-backed woodpecker or Ceylon red-backed woodpecker (''Dinopium psarodes'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka, only absent in the far-north. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Black-rumped flameback.Seneviratne, S. S., (2021, February 18). ''From Woodies to Plovers: an untold story of our national identity'' [Public online lecture]. Monthly Public Lecture of the WNPS, Sri Lanka. https://www.facebook.com/wnpssl/videos/818317168897940/ Phylogenetics It has been considered an endemic species since the time of William Vincent Legge, Legge. It was first placed in the genus ''Brachypternus'' as ''Brachypternus ceylonus.'' It was later lumped as subspecies of the Black-rumped flameback (''Dinopium benghalense''), as ''Dinopium benghalense psarodes''. It was elevated to full species status in a study by Sampath S. Seneviratne, Darren E. Irwin, and Saminda P. Fernando. I ...
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