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

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 14,300,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

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

    

    Subspecies (9) and Distribution

    

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Lesser Yellownape (Indian) Picus chlorolophus chlorigaster/wellsi

• Picus chlorolophus chlorigaster (Jerdon, TC 1845)
  – Peninsular India.
• Picus chlorolophus wellsi (Meinertzhagen, R 1924)
  – Sri Lanka.

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Lesser Yellownape (Chinese) Picus chlorolophus citrinocristatus/longipennis

• Picus chlorolophus citrinocristatus (Rickett, CB 1901)
  – N Vietnam (Tonkin) E, discontinuously, to SE China (Fujian).
  
• Picus chlorolophus longipennis (Hartert, EJO 1910)
  – Hainan I.

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Lesser Yellownape (Sunda) Picus chlorolophus rodgeri/vanheysti

• Picus chlorolophus rodgeri (Hartert, EJO; Butler, AL 1898)
  – Highlands of Peninsular Malaysia.
• Picus chlorolophus vanheysti (Robinson, HC; Kloss, CB 1919)
  – Sumatran highlands.

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Lesser Yellownape (Himalayan) Picus chlorolophus [chlorolophus Group]

• Picus chlorolophus chlorolophus (Vieillot, LJP 1818)
  – E Nepal E to Myanmar and N Vietnam.
• Picus chlorolophus simlae (Meinertzhagen, R 1924)
  – NE Pakistan and N India (Himachal Pradesh) E to W Nepal.
• Picus chlorolophus annamensis (Meinertzhagen, R 1924)
  – SE Thailand to S Vietnam.

Distribution Map

Picus chlorolophus ssp. rodgeri
Date : 09 May 2016

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