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==Identification==
 
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Southeast [[Asia]]: found in [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Sulawesi]]
 
Southeast [[Asia]]: found in [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Sulawesi]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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====Subspecies====
There are 5 subspecies:
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There are 5 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
*''M. t. tukki'':
 
*''M. t. tukki'':
 
:*Southern [[Burma]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Sumatra]], northern [[Borneo]] and adjacent islands
 
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*''M. t. pulonis'':
 
*''M. t. pulonis'':
 
:*Banggi Island (off northern [[Borneo]])
 
:*Banggi Island (off northern [[Borneo]])
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[[Image:39271Buff Necked Woodpecker F.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Jason+Tan|Jason Tan}}<br />Pahang, [[Malaysia]], August 2006]]
 
*''M. t. infuscatus'':
 
*''M. t. infuscatus'':
 
:*Nias Island (off north-western [[Sumatra]])
 
:*Nias Island (off north-western [[Sumatra]])
[[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==
 
Broadleaved evergreen forest and lowland rainforest, up to 1100m.  
 
Broadleaved evergreen forest and lowland rainforest, up to 1100m.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
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[[Image:9332098753 c3a4f4631c c.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Juveniles<br />Photo by {{user|SeeToh|SeeToh}}<br />Panti Bird Sanctuary, [[Malaysia]], July 2013]]
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase
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#BF Member observations
 
#BF Member observations
 
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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

There are 5 subspecies[1]:

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

Habitat

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

Behaviour

Juveniles
Photo by SeeToh
Panti Bird Sanctuary, Malaysia, July 2013

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations

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