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

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

             55–84 g (squami­gularis, badiosus)

                 

    (LC : Least Concern)

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Micropternus brachyurus humei (Kloss, 1918)
  – N India (Himachal Pradesh) E to W Nepal.
• Micropternus brachyurus jerdonii (Malherbe, 1849)
  – W India (S from S Gujarat) S to Sri Lanka.
• Micropternus brachyurus phaioceps (Blyth, 1845)
  – C Nepal and E India E to Myanmar and S China (SE Tibet, W & S Yunnan) and S to S Thailand.
• Micropternus brachyurus fokiensis (Swinhoe, 1863)
  – SE China and N Vietnam.
• Micropternus brachyurus holroydi (Swinhoe, 1870)
  – Hainan.
• Micropternus brachyurus williamsoni (Kloss, 1918)
  – S & SW Thailand.
• Micropternus brachyurus annamensis (Delacour & Jabouille, 1924)
  – Laos, Cambodia and C & S Vietnam.
• Micropternus brachyurus badius (Raffles, 1822)
  – Malay Peninsula S to Sumatra, including Nias I, Bangka and Belitung.
• Micropternus brachyurus brachyurus (Vieillot, 1818)
  – Java.
• Micropternus brachyurus badiosus (Bonaparte, 1850)
  – Borneo and N Natuna Is.

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