Maroon Woodpecker (Blythipicus rubiginosus)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
23 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swainson, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim) and south-western Thailand south to Sumatra and Borneo.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (81)...)

Maroon Woodpecker (Blythipicus rubiginosus) [XC146220]
by Marc Anderson from Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia (call)

Maroon Woodpecker (Blythipicus rubiginosus) [XC150864]
by Mike Nelson from Rainforest Discovery Center, Forest Trail, Sepilok, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia (call)

Subspecies
Birds from Sumatra and Borneo described as subspecies parvus, on average slightly smaller than northern ones, but overlap considerable, and minor variations in plumage considered insufficient to warrant racial separation.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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