Thursday, 26 April 2018

Great Slaty Woodpecker

Order - Piciformes
Family - Picidae (Woodpeckers)
Great Slaty Woodpecker
Mulleripicus pulverulentus
大灰啄木鸟 (dà huī-zhuó-mù-niǎo)

    Malay : Belatuk-Kelabu Besar
    Japanese : ボウシゲラ (bōshi gera)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 帽子啄木鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 9,650,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No



    Size : c. 45–50 cm; 360–563 g
    
    Subspecies (3) and Distribution
  • Mulleripicus pulverulentus mohun (Ripley, 1950)
    – Lowlands and foothills at the base of the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand, India, east through Nepal to Assam.
    • Identification
      – Differs from subspecies harterti in being darker gray above and especially below, with a deeper crimson malar.
  • Mulleripicus pulverulentus harterti (Hesse, 1911)
    – Himalayan foothills in northern Assam and in North Cachar Hills, east through northern Myanmar and southern China (southern Yunnan) and northwestern Vietnam, south to peninsular Thailand and southern Vietnam.
  • Mulleripicus pulverulentus pulverulentus (Temminck, 1826)
    – Peninsular Thailand south through Peninsular Malaysia, eastern Sumatra, western Java, Natuna Islands, Borneo, and Palawan.
    • Identification
      – Similar to harterti but darker grayish-black overall.

Distribution Map

Mulleripicus pulverulentus ssp. pulverulentus
Date : 06 August 2022
Location : Janda Baik, Pahang

Mulleripicus pulverulentus ssp. pulverulentus
Date : 06 August 2022
Location : Janda Baik, Pahang

Mulleripicus pulverulentus ssp. pulverulentus
Date : 06 August 2022
Location : Janda Baik, Pahang

Mulleripicus pulverulentus ssp. pulverulentus
Date : 30 April 2017
Location : Tasik Pedu, Daerah Padang Terap, Kedah

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