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[[Image:Buff-necked_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|MountainMan|MountainMan}}<br />Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah, [[Borneo]], [[Malaysia]], April 2006]]
 
 
 
;[[:Category:Meiglyptes|Meiglyptes]] tukki
 
;[[:Category:Meiglyptes|Meiglyptes]] tukki
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Malay Peninsula]], [[Sumatra]], and [[Borneo]].
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Southeast [[Asia]]: found in [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Sulawesi]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
There are 5 subspecies.
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There are 5 subspecies:
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*''M. t. tukki'':
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:*Southern [[Burma]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Sumatra]], northern [[Borneo]] and adjacent islands
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*''M. t. percnerpes'':
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:*Southern [[Borneo]]
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*''M. t. batu'':
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:*Batu Islands (off western [[Sumatra]])
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*''M. t. pulonis'':
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:*Banggi Island (off northern [[Borneo]])
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*''M. t. infuscatus'':
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:*Nias Island (off north-western [[Sumatra]])
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[[Image:39271Buff Necked Woodpecker F.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Jason+Tan|Jason Tan}}<br />Pahang, [[Malaysia]], August 2006]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Forests and swamps.
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Broadleaved evergreen forest and lowland rainforest, up to 1100m.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
Wikipedia
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Meiglyptes+tukki}}  
 
{{GSearch|Meiglyptes+tukki}}  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Meiglyptes]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Meiglyptes]]

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Male
Photo by MountainMan
Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, April 2006
Meiglyptes tukki

Identification

Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra and Sulawesi

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 5 subspecies:

  • M. t. tukki:
  • M. t. percnerpes:
  • M. t. batu:
  • M. t. pulonis:
  • Banggi Island (off northern Borneo)
  • M. t. infuscatus:
  • Nias Island (off north-western Sumatra)
Female
Photo by Jason Tan
Pahang, Malaysia, August 2006

Habitat

Broadleaved evergreen forest and lowland rainforest, up to 1100m.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations

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