Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis)

Other Names (World)
White-rumped Woodpecker, Buff-rumped Woodpecker, Fulvous-rumped Woodpecker, Fulvous-rumped Barred Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Horsfield, 1821)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore (E), Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (32)...)

Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) [XC151044]
by Mike Nelson from Tabin Wildlife Preserve, Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia (call, song)

Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) [XC891410]
by Martjan Lammertink from Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani, Thailand (call)

Subspecies
Named subspecies micropterus (Borneo) and microterus (Nias I) considered synonymous with grammithorax.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

grammithorax (Malherbe, 1862) - Southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim) and peninsular Thailand south to Sumatra, including islands of Nias and Bangka, northern Natunas, and Borneo (including Banggi I and islands off north-eastern coast). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes grammithorax).
tristis (Horsfield, 1821) - Java.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) - 10 files

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