Banded Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum)

Other Names (World)
Banded Woodpecker, Banded Red Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
23 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pennant, 1769)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (49)...)

Banded Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum) [XC620800]
by Ding Li Yong from Pasoh Forest Reserve, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia (call, drumming)

Banded Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum) [XC209594]
by Mike Nelson from Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore, Singapore (song)

Subspecies
Species name sometimes misspelt mineaceus, and in past miniatus, but original spelling is miniaceus. Proposed subspecies dayak (Landak, Borneo) inseparable from malaccensis.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

perlutum (Kloss, 1918) - Southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim) and peninsular Thailand.
malaccense Latham, 1790 - Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra (including Bangka and Belitung) and Borneo.
niasense (B�ttikofer, 1897) - Nias I (off north-western Sumatra).
miniaceum Pennant, 1769 - Java.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Banded Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum) - 10 files

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