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 black rump.

Three of these extremely frisky ones were hard to follow and shoot. But thankfully, a nest that was fought with the common myna to acquire, made it slightly easy to capture. I have seen a great deal of these guys from fighting for a nest for breeding, having babies, feeding them, and abandoning that nest once the juveniles were big enough to fly. What a lovely journey.