Black-and-buff Woodpecker - BirdForum Opus

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Kangkrajan National Park,Thailand

Meiglyptes jugularis

Identification

22 cm (8½ in)

• Short tail
  

Male

• Red and black malar stripe
• Buff lores

Distribution

Myanmar, Tenasserim, Thailand, and Indochina.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Open evergreen forests, forest edges and clearings.

Behaviour

Breeding

Their breeding season runs from March to June; they probably nest in a tree hole.

Movements

A resident species.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-and-buff Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-and-buff_Woodpecker

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