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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
21/05/2024 04:51:57 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Pale-headed Woodpecker*
Id (Atlas):
Gecinulus grantia
Description (10 )
Pale-headed Woodpecker
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Other Names (World)
Pale-headed Woodpecker, Bamboo Woodpecker
Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)
Size
25 - 27 cm
First Described (Guide )
(McClelland, 1840)
Habitat
Favours bamboo in evergreen and semi-deciduous forest, and secondary growth. To about 1,000 m.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos (B), Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.
Eastern Himalyas to Indochina.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (47)... )
Listen to XC799441
Pale-headed Woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia ) [XC799441 ]
by Brian Cox from C\u00e1t Ti\u00ean National Park, T\u00e2n Ph\u00fa, Dong Nai, Vietnam (drumming)
Listen to XC92661
Pale-headed Woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia ) [XC92661 ]
by Frank Lambert from Mang Den, Vietnam (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Bamboo Woodpecker (Gecinulus viridis ), and the two are sometimes treated as conspecific.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
grantia (McClelland, 1840) - Eastern Nepal east to north, central and southern Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan).
indochinensis Delacour, 1927 - South-western Yunnan, north-western Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
viridanus Slater, 1897 - South-eastern China (northern Guangdong, Fujian).
References
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the Pale-headed Woodpecker see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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