BANDED WOODPECKER

BANDED WOODPECKER

Chrysophlegma mineaceus

(Burung Pelatuk Merah) 26 cm

DESCRIPTION

One of several Yellow crested Woodpeckers. Rufous head and throat are diagnostic, merging into barred green back and irregularly buff and brown - banded breast and belly. Rump yellow, wings crimson. In females, sides of face are duller with more white speckles.

DISTRIBUTION

Resident in Java, Sumatra, Nias, Borneo, Bangka, Belitung, Singapore and northward trough Peninsular Malaysia to c. 13 degN in Peninsular Thailand.

HABITS and HABITAT

Inhabits the middle of tall secondary forest, parks, gardens and forest edges, up to c. 1,200 m. Maybe located by its loud, repeated scream, kwee, kwee

Source : A Naturalist's Guide to the BIRDS OF MALAYSIA including Sabah and Sarawak

PHOTO LOCATION 

The birds as below photo are located at Awana Genting Resort  however it may located other mountain at Peninsular of Malaysia.

BANDED WOODPECKER @ Genting Highland

BANDED WOODPECKER @ Genting Highland

BANDED WOODPECKER @ Genting Highland

BANDED WOODPECKER @ Genting Highland