Rufous Woodpecker

Order - Piciformes
Family - Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Rufous Woodpecker

Micropternus brachyurus

栗啄木鸟 (lì zhuó-mù-niǎo)

    Malay : Belatuk Biji Nangka

    Japanese : クリチャゲラ (kuri-cha gera)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 栗茶啄木鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 16,800,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : c. 25 cm; 55–84 g (badius, badiosus),
              82–107 g (jerdonii), 92–114 g (phaioceps)

                 

    Subspecies (10) and Distribution

• Micropternus brachyurus humei (Kloss, 1918, 'Kumaon, Bhabur, northern Rohilkund, the Dhoon, etc.' ex Hume, Proc. As Soc. Bengal, 1872)
  – N India (Himachal Pradesh) E to W Nepal.
• Micropternus brachyurus jerdonii (Malherbe, 1849, Indian Peninsula; restricted to Travancore by Whistler and Kinnear)
  – W India (S from S Gujarat) S to Sri Lanka.
• Micropternus brachyurus phaioceps (Blyth, 1845, 'India proper extending eastward to Tipperah and Arracan' ; restricted type locality, Calcutta)
  – C Nepal and e India to se Tibet, Myanmar, s China and s Thailand.
• Micropternus brachyurus fokiensis (Swinhoe, 1863, Foochow, Fukien)
  – SE China and N Vietnam.
• Micropternus brachyurus holroydi (Swinhoe, 1870, Central Hainan)
  – Hainan.
• Hainan.Micropternus brachyurus williamsoni (Kloss, 1918, Koh Lak, southwestern Siam)
  – southern and southwestern Thailand.
• Micropternus brachyurus annamensis (Delacour & Jabouille, 1924, Hailing, Annam)
  – Laos, Cambodia and C and S Vietnam.
• Micropternus brachyurus badius (Raffles, 1822, Sumatra)
  – Malay Peninsula S to Sumatra, including Nias I, Bangka and Belitung.
• Micropternus brachyurus brachyurus (Vieillot, 1818, Java)
  – Java.
• Micropternus brachyurus badiosus (Bonaparte, 1850, Borneo)
  – Borneo and N Natuna Is.

Distribution Map

Micropternus brachyurus ssp. badius
Date : 24 July 2017

Location : Hutan Lipur Sungai Congkak, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor

Micropternus brachyurus ssp. badius
Date : 23 February 2015

Location : Taman Negara Pahang (Sungai Relau), Merapoh, Daerah Lipis, Pahang