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 LC    Orange-backed Woodpecker* Id (Atlas):
    Chrysocolaptes validus

Description (10)
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Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1825)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry shrubland. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, dry forest, plantations. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Brunei Darussalam (B) (R) (NB), Indonesia (B) (R) (NB), Malaysia (B) (R) (NB), Singapore (E), Thailand (B) (R) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) [XC434124]
     by Ding Li Yong from Geragai, Kabupaten Tanjung Jabung Timur, Jambi, Indonesia (call, song)

 
Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) [XC96421]
     by Simon Mitchell from Pahang; Deerland, Malaysia (call)

Subspecies
Subspecies weakly differentiated, with much overlap in features.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • xanthopygius (Finsch, 1905)   -  Extreme southern Thailand south to Sumatra and Borneo, including Riau Archipelago, Bangka I and northern Natuna Is.
  • validus (Temminck, 1825)   -  Java.



References
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Files:
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