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Chrysophlegma

  • Chrysophlegma

    Chrysophlegma is a genus of birds in the woodpeckers family Picidae. 
    These species, found in South and Southeast Asia, were all previously assigned to the genus Picus.

    Chrysophlegma
    chryso-
    gold (metal or colour); yellow
    khrusos meaning "gold" and phlegma meaning "flame" or "fire".
    Phlegm phlégō phlégma (/ˈflɛm/; Ancient Greek: φλέγμα, phlégma, "inflammation", "humour caused by heat")

    1/ Greater yellownape (Gõ kiến xanh gáy vàng, Chrysophlegma flavinucha)
    flavinucha
    flavi (present flavas, past flavis, future flavos, conditional flavus, volitive flavu): to be yellow in color
    nucha. / (ˈnjuːkə) / nounplural -chae (-kiː) zoology anatomy the back or nape of the neck.

  • Greater Yellownape

    Greater yellownape 
    (Gõ kiến xanh gáy vàng, Chrysophlegma flavinucha)


    The greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae.
    The bird is found in East Asia from northern and eastern India to south-eastern China, Indochina, Hainan, and Sumatra.


    Chrysophlegma
     chryso-: gold (metal or colour), yellow from Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and phlegma meaning "flame" or "fire".
     Phlegm phlégō phlégma (/ˈflɛm/; Ancient Greek: φλέγμα, phlégma, "inflammation", "humour caused by heat")
    flavinucha
     flavi (present flavas, past flavis, future flavos, conditional flavus, volitive flavu): to be yellow in color
     nucha. / (ˈnjuːkə) / nounplural -chae (-kiː) zoology anatomy the back or nape of the neck.

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