Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: White-bellied Woodpecker

Sunday 23 January 2022

Order - Piciformes
Family - Picidae (Woodpeckers)

White-bellied Woodpecker

Dryocopus javensis

白腹黑啄木鸟 (bái-fù hēi zhuó-mù-niǎo)

Malay : Belatuk-Hitam Perut Putih

Japanese : キタタキ (ki-tataki)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 木啄

Size : c. 40–48 cm; 197–347 g

Subspecies and Distribution

Dryocopus javensis javensis (Horsfield, 1821)
– S Thailand and Malay Pen. to Gr. Sundas and offshore islands.
Dryocopus javensis forresti (Rothschild, 1922)
– Montane forests of n Myanmar and adjacent sw China.
Dryocopus javensis richardsi (Tristram, 1879)
– Korea; extinct on Tsushima I. (Japan).
Dryocopus javensis hodgsonii (Jerdon, 1840)
– Peninsular India.
Dryocopus javensis feddeni (Blyth, 1863)
– Thailand, Myanmar and Indochina.
Dryocopus javensis parvus (Richmond, 1902)
– Simeulue I. (off nw Sumatra).
Dryocopus javensis confusus (Stresemann, 1913)
– central and southern Luzon (northern Philippines).
Dryocopus javensis esthloterus (Parkes, 1971)
– northern Luzon (northern Philippines).
Dryocopus javensis pectoralis (Tweeddale, 1878)
– Philippines (Leyte, Samar, Panaon, Calicoan and Bohol).
Dryocopus javensis philippinensis (Steere, 1890)
– Philippines (Panay, Negros, Masbate and Guimaras).
Dryocopus javensis mindorensis (Steere, 1890)
– Mindoro (Philippines).
Dryocopus javensis cebuensis (Kennedy, RS, 1987)
– Formerly Cebu (central Philippines). Extinct
Dryocopus javensis multilunatus (McGregor, 1907)
– S Philippines (Basilan, Dinagat and Mindanao).
Dryocopus javensis suluensis (Blasius, W, 1890)
– Sulu Archipelago.
Dryocopus javensis hargitti (Sharpe, 1884)
– Palawan (sw Philippines).