Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Bay Woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis) - HBW 7, p. 550
French: Pic à oreillons rouge
German: Rotohrspecht
Spanish: Pito Orejirrojo
Other common names: Red-eared Bay/Red-eared Rufous Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus Pyrrhotis Hodgson, 1837, Nepal.
Races intergrade in Vietnam. Population in Sichuan possibly a separate race; further study needed. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pyrrhotis (Hodgson, 1837) - Nepal E to SC China (S Sichuan, Yunnan), Laos and N Vietnam.
- sinensis (Rickett, 1897) - SE China (Guizhou and Guangxi E to Fujian).
- annamensis Kinnear, 1926 - highlands of S Vietnam.
- pyrrhotis (Hodgson, 1837) - Nepal E to SC China (S Sichuan, Yunnan), Laos and N Vietnam.
- sinensis (Rickett, 1897) - SE China (Guizhou and Guangxi E to Fujian).
- annamensis Kinnear, 1926 - highlands of S Vietnam.
- hainanus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) - Hainan.
- cameroni Robinson, 1928 - Peninsular Malaysia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, with practically only the yellow bill visible Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam (ssp annamensis)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2008 4 years ago 19 sec 1.3
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A female looking for food on a trunk
Locality Hong Kong
LouisCheung 2 January 2009 3 years ago 3.2
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bird calling Locality Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam
Desmond Allen 1 August 1996 3 years ago 2.5 -
calls Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Desmond Allen 1 December 1998 3 years ago 2.5 -
several birds calling in the flock Locality Namdapha National Park, Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Niels Poul Dreyer 15 January 2005 18 weeks ago 0
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