Orange-backed Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes validus)

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
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) [XC360046]
by Mike Dooher from Kawag Danum, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)

Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) [XC150750]
by Peter Boesman from Mount Kinabalu, Bukit Ular trail, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

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
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-backed Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes validus) - 10 files

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