Lesser Yellownape

Order - Piciformes
Family - Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Lesser Yellownape

Picus chlorolophus

黄冠啄木鸟 (huáng-guān zhuó-mù-niǎo) /
黄冠绿啄木鸟 (huáng-guān lǜ zhuó-mù-niǎo)

    Malay : Belatuk-Hijau Kecil

    Japanese : ヒメアオゲラ (hime ao-gera)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 姫青啄木鳥

    Size : 25–28 cm; 57–74 g (chlori­gaster), 74–83 g (simlae)

    

    Subspecies (9) and Distribution

• Picus chlorolophus simlae (Meinertzhagen, R 1924)
  – N India (Himachal Pradesh) to w Nepal.
• Picus chlorolophus [chlorolophus or laotianus] (Vieillot, LJP 1818) – Himalayan Yellownape
  – E Nepal to Myanmar and n Vietnam.
• Picus chlorolophus annamensis (Meinertzhagen, R 1924)
  – SE Thailand to s Vietnam.
• Picus chlorolophus chlorigaster (Jerdon, TC 1845) – Indian Yellownape
  – Peninsular India.
• Picus chlorolophus wellsi (Meinertzhagen, R 1924)
  – Sri Lanka.
• Picus chlorolophus citrinocristatus (Rickett, CB 1901) – Chinese Yellownape
  – N Vietnam (Tonkin) and se China (Fujian).
• Picus chlorolophus longipennis (Hartert, EJO 1910)
  – Hainan I. (s China).
• Picus chlorolophus rodgeri (Hartert, EJO; Butler, AL 1898) – Malayan Yellownape
  – highlands of southern Thai-Malay Peninsula.
• Picus chlorolophus vanheysti (Robinson, HC; Kloss, CB 1919)
  – Highlands of Sumatra.

Picus chlorolophus ssp. rodgeri
Date : 09 May 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang