Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides maculatus)

Other Names (World)
Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker, Philippine Woodpecker, Pygmy Woodpecker(!), Sulu Woodpecker (ramsayi)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
14.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Scopoli, 1786)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Philippines (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus maculatus) [XC606190]
by Frank Lambert from New Bataan, Compostela Valley, Davao Region, Philippines (call)

Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus maculatus) [XC621019]
by Ding Li Yong from Luzon; Laguna Province; Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve, Philippines (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides temminckii). Distinctive subspecies ramsayi may be a separate species, perhaps even derived from Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides temminckii), on basis of plumage and vocal differences. Other named subspecies are menagei (Sibuyan), leytensis (Samar, Calicoan, Leyte, Bohol), apo (Mt Apo, on Mindanao) and siasiensis (Siasi I, in Sulus), all considered insufficiently distinct.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

validirostris (Blyth, 1849) - Luzon, Lubang, Marinduque, Mindoro and Catanduanes.
maculatus (Scopoli, 1786) - Sibuyan, Panay, Gigantes, Guimaras, Negros and Cebu.
fulvifasciatus Hargitt, 1881 - Samar, Calicoan, Leyte, Bohol, Dinagat, Mindanao and Basilan.
ramsayi (Hargitt, 1881) - Sulu Arch. (Bongao, Jolo, Tawitawi, Sanga Sanga and Sibutu). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Sulu Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides ramsayi).

References
See References.

Files:

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