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title: "Sułtan indochiński"
description: "Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus — Ptaki. The greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus), also known as the greater goldenback or large golden-backed woodpecker, is a woodpecker species."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/greater-flameback
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sułtan indochiński

> Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus — Ptaki. The greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus), also known as the greater goldenback or large golden-backed woodpecker, is a woodpecker species.

- Scientific name: *Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 917
- Wikidata: [Q15213904](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15213904)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201081](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201081)

## Names

- en: Greater Flameback
- de: Großer Sultanspecht
- es: Pito sultán grande
- fr: Pic de Tickell
- nl: Grote goudrugspecht
- pl: Sułtan indochiński

## Countries with the most observations

TH (338), IN (275), NP (54), MY (45), BD (34), VN (33), CN (29), KH (24), MM (21), BT (10), LA (4)

## Summary

The greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus), also known as the greater goldenback or large golden-backed woodpecker, is a woodpecker species. It occurs widely in the northern Indian subcontinent, eastwards to southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java and northeast Borneo.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_flameback

## Photo

![Sułtan indochiński](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-flameback/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263735020

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-flameback?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).