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

  Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 19,400,000km²
  Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
  Breeding Endemic : No

Size : c. 40–48 cm; 197–347 g

Subspecies and Distribution

Dryocopus javensis javensis (Horsfield, 1821)
– S Thailand S to Sumatra and Nias I, Java, Bali, and Borneo and associated islands, including N Natunas.
Dryocopus javensis forresti (Rothschild, 1922)
– montane N Myanmar and adjacent SW China (SW Sichuan, NW and S Yunnan).
Dryocopus javensis richardsi (Tristram, 1879)
– Korea; extinct on Tsushima I (Japan).
Dryocopus javensis hodgsonii (Jerdon, 1840)
– peninsular India in Western Ghats, S Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha to N Andhra Pradesh.
Dryocopus javensis feddeni (Blyth, 1863)
– Myanmar (except N), most of Thailand, and Indochina.
Dryocopus javensis parvus (Richmond, 1902)
– Simeulue I (off NW Sumatra).
Dryocopus javensis confusus (Stresemann, 1913)
– C and S Luzon (N Philippines).
Dryocopus javensis esthloterus (Parkes, 1971)
– northern Luzon (northern Philippines).
Dryocopus javensis pectoralis (Tweeddale, 1878)
– E Philippines (Samar, Calicoan, Leyte, Panaon, Bohol).
Dryocopus javensis philippinensis (Steere, 1890)
– C Philippines (Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, Negros).
Dryocopus javensis mindorensis (Steere, 1890)
– Mindoro.
Dryocopus javensis cebuensis (Kennedy, RS, 1987)
– Cebu (probably extinct).
Dryocopus javensis multilunatus (McGregor, 1907)
– SE Philippines (Dinagat, Mindanao, Basilan).
Dryocopus javensis suluensis (Blasius, W, 1890)
– Sulu Is (SW Philippines).
Dryocopus javensis hargitti (Sharpe, 1884)
– Palawan.