- Dryocopus javensis
Identification
Large size with black plumage and white belly together with red nuchal crest diagnostic. Male - Crown and crest red. Has red malar stripes. Female - Lacks red malar stripes. Size-43cm.
Distribution
The Indian sub-continent, China, and Korea, south to S.E.Asia, the Greater Sundas, Bali and the Philippines.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Fifteen subspecies are recognized[1].
- D. j. hodgsonii - Peninsular India
- D. j. richardsi - Korea; extinct on Tsushima I. (Japan)
- D. j. forresti - Montane forests of northern Myanmar and adjacent sw China
- D. j. feddeni - Thailand, Myanmar and Indochina
- D. j. javensis - Southern Thailand and Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas and offshore islands
- D. j. parvus - Simeulue I. (off northwest Sumatra)
- D. j. hargitti - Palawan (sw Philippines)
- D. j. esthloterus - northern Luzon (northern Philippines)
- D. j. confusus - central and southern Luzon (northern Philippines)
- D. j. pectoralis - Philippines (Leyte, Samar, Panaon, Calicoan and Bohol)
- D. j. multilunatus - S Philippines (Basilan, Dinagat and Mindanao)
- D. j. suluensis - Sulu Archipelago
- D. j. philippinensis - Philippines (Panay, Negros, Masbate and Guimaras)
- D. j. cebuensis - Formerly Cebu (central Philippines). Extinct
- D. j. mindorensis - Mindoro (Philippines)
Habitat
Forests, the forest edges, mangroves and plantations.
Behaviour
Frequents the canopy and middle storey, solitary or in pairs. Noisy and conspicuous. "Drums" loudly.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-bellied Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-bellied_Woodpecker
External Links
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