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Male
Photo by jweeyh
Bukit Timah Hill, Singapore, January 2006

Picus miniaceus

[edit] Identification

Red crest with yellow tip, red wings, dull greenish mantle with pale wavy barrings together with chestnut underparts marked with whitish barrings diagnostic.
Male: Red sides of head
Female: Sides of head brownish with white spots.

[edit] Distribution

South-east Asia: found in Tenasserim (Myanmar), Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, and Borneo.

[edit] Taxonomy

The scientific name is sometimes spelled as mineaceus instead miniaceus.

Female
Photo by kampang
Singapore, February 2007

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• P. m. perlutus:

• Southern Burma and peninsular Thailand

• P. m. malaccensis:

• Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka and Belitung islands

• P. m. niasensis:

• Nias Island (off north-western Sumatra)

• P. m. miniaceus:

• Java

[edit] Habitat

Forests and forests edges, mangroves, coastal scrub, plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

Usually frequents the middle and lower storeys in pairs or small groups.Forages largely among vines and rotting wood.

[edit] Vocalisation

Short strident pi-eew on a falling tone.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

• List of references

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