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 and Distribution

• Picus chlorolophus simlae (R. Meinertzhagen, 1924)
  – NE Pakistan and N India (Himachal Pradesh) E to W Nepal.
• Picus chlorolophus chlorolophus (Vieillot, 1818) – Himalayan Yellownape
  – E Nepal E to Myanmar and N Vietnam.
• Picus chlorolophus annamensis (R. Meinertzhagen, 1924)
  – SE Thailand to S Vietnam.
• Picus chlorolophus chlorigaster (Jerdon, 1845) – Indian Yellownape
  – Peninsular India.
• Picus chlorolophus wellsi (R. Meinertzhagen, 1924)
  – Sri Lanka.
• Picus chlorolophus citrinocristatus (Rickett, 1901) – Chinese Yellownape
  – N Vietnam (Tonkin) E, discontinuously, to SE China (Fujian).
• Picus chlorolophus longipennis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1910)
  – Hainan I.
• Picus chlorolophus rodgeri (E. J. O. Hartert & Butler, 1898) – Malayan Yellownape
  – Highlands of Peninsular Malaysia.
• Picus chlorolophus vanheysti (Robinson & Kloss, 1919)
  – Sumatran highlands.

Picus chlorolophus ssp. rodgeri
Date : 09 May 2016

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