Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Andaman Woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei) - HBW 7, p. 527
French: Pic des Andaman
German: Andamanenspecht
Spanish: Picamaderos de Andamán
Other common names: Andaman Black Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Mulleripicus Hodgei Blyth, 1860, Andaman Islands.
Forms a superspecies with D. javensis, and sometimes treated as conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: Andaman Is.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A male on a trunk, becoming alert. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 3 years ago 46 sec 4.4 -
A male feeding. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 2 years ago 50 sec 4.3 -
A male on a trunk, looking around. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 3 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
Two woodpeckers (most probably sub adults) were following each other. Both were sitting on a vertical tree bark and were waving Locality Chalis-Ek, Pattilevel, North Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
pankajkoparde 29 January 2011 1 year ago 1 min 7 sec 3.7 -
A male in a tree, becoming alert and flying away. Locality Chidiya Tapu Biological Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2009 2 years ago 36 sec 3.7 -
A male creeping on a trunk. Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 3.5
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A male looking back on a trunk.
Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A male on a trunk.
Locality Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 3 years ago 4 -
An individual in flight, seen from below.
Locality Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
James Eaton 1 December 2007 14 weeks ago 3.5 -
A male on a trunk.
Locality Chidiya Tapu Biological Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
Two woodpeckers (most probably sub adults) were following each other. Both were sitting on a vertical tree bark and were waving
Locality Chalis-Ek, Pattilevel, North Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (Monotypic species)
pankajkoparde 29 January 2011 1 year ago 2
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A bird drumming. Locality Chidiya Tapu Biological Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Adult male calling Locality South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar
(Monotypic species)
Gerard Gorman 12 November 2011 1 year ago 3.5
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