Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus) [XC387643]
by Gerard Gorman from Gede Pangrango National Park, West Java Province, Java, Indonesia (begging call)
Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus) [XC753239]
by Lim Ying Hien from \u0e1b\u0e48\u0e32\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e38\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e23\u0e34\u0e19\u0e18\u0e23 (\u0e1b\u0e48\u0e32\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e38\u0e42\u0e15\u0e4a\u0e30\u0e41\u0e14\u0e07) (near Tambon Puyo), Amphoe Su-ngai Kolok, Chang Wat Narathiwat, Thailand (song)
Nest
A a hollow of small dead limbs, from 8 - 20 m above theground in a large tree or palm.
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Lesser Yellownape (Picus chlorolophus). Separated altitudinally in small area of overlap.
observandus (Hartert, 1896) - Southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim) and peninsular Thailand south to Sumatra (including Bangka) and Borneo.
soligae Meyer de Schauensee & Ripley, 1940 - Nias I (off north-western Sumatra).
puniceus Horsfield, 1821 - Java.
Similar Species
Javan Yellownape (Chrysophlegma mentale) which has a checkered throat, chestnut around the neck and breast but lacks chestnut on the crown.
References
See References.