Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Black-headed Woodpecker (Picus erythropygius) - HBW 7, p. 542
French: Pic à tête noire
German: Rotbürzelspecht
Spanish: Pito Cabecinegro
Taxonomy: Gecinus erythropygius Elliot, 1865, Cochinchina.
Races intergrade. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigrigenis (Hume, 1874) - C & E Myanmar (S to N Tenasserim) and NW & W Thailand.
- erythropygius (Elliot, 1865) - NE Thailand and Indochina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird preening itself. Locality Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand (ssp nigrigenis)
Yoel Jimenez 23 November 2010 2 years ago 37 sec 4.3 -
Two birds out of a goup of six birds foraging in a tree. Locality Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand (ssp nigrigenis)
Yoel Jimenez 23 November 2010 2 years ago 17 sec 4.3 -
A bird in the tree feeding. Locality Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand (ssp nigrigenis)
Yoel Jimenez 24 November 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
2 birds in a tree Locality Mae Ping National Park, Thailand (ssp nigrigenis)
Daniêl Jimenez 23 December 2010 2 years ago 33 sec 4.2 -
Two birds perched in a tree, alert, and flying away. Locality Okoki, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (ssp erythropygius)
Josep del Hoyo 9 March 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree flying away, later perched on a branch. Locality Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand (ssp nigrigenis)
Yoel Jimenez 23 November 2010 2 years ago 36 sec 3.9
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A pair perched on a trunk.
Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (ssp erythropygius)
James Eaton 1 February 2008 14 weeks ago 4 -
Climbing a tree
Locality Chong Yen, Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
John A Thompson 12 January 2013 16 weeks ago 4 -
Lateral view of a female perched in a tree.
Locality Cambodia (ssp erythropygius)
Pete Morris 1 March 2003 16 weeks ago 3.5 -
A female perched on a tree trunk.
Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (ssp erythropygius)
James Eaton 1 February 2008 14 weeks ago 3.4 -
Dorsal view of a female in a trunk.
Locality Cambodia (ssp erythropygius)
Pete Morris 1 March 2003 16 weeks ago 3.4 -
A nice specied of Woodpecker
Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
Guy Poisson 2 January 2012 1 year ago 3.3
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