Bamboo Woodpecker (Gecinulus viridis)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
25 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
Blyth, 1862

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 600 - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (B).

Southern and south-eastern Myanmar, Thailand (except central) and northern Laos, south to Tenasserim and Peninsular Malaysia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Bamboo Woodpecker (Gecinulus viridis) [XC327660]
by Gerard Gorman from Below the Gap, at base of Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia (drumming)

Bamboo Woodpecker (Gecinulus viridis) [XC327661]
by Greg Irving from Below the Gap, at base of Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia (drumming)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Pale-headed Woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia), and the two are sometimes treated as conspecific. Birds from Peninsular Malaysia, tending to be a shade darker, with narrower wingbars, females also with more uniform crown and nape, are sometimes separated as subspecies robinsoni. Some individuals from northern populations, however, show similar variation, and recognition of geographical subspecies seems unwarranted.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

viridis Blyth, 1862 - Lowlands of eastern Myanmar, adjacent Thailand, northern Laos and Malay Pen.
robinsoni Kloss, 1918 - Malay Pen.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bamboo Woodpecker (Gecinulus viridis) - 10 files

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