Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Great Slaty Woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus) - HBW 7, p. 555
French: Pic meunier
German: Puderspecht
Spanish: Picatroncos Pizarroso
Other common names: Himalayan Great Slaty Woodpecker (harterti)
Taxonomy: Picus pulverulentus Temminck, 1826, Java and Sumatra.
Geographical variation not well marked, and individual variation makes racial delimitation difficult; size varies only slightly and inconstantly throughout range. Populations from NW (Nepal to N Assam) described as race mohun on basis of darker coloration, especially below, but some birds from Myanmar and Thailand appear identical. Races intergrade in peninsular Thailand, intermediates from which previously separated as race celadinus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- harterti Hesse, 1911 - N India (Himachal Pradesh) E through Himalayan foothills to N Myanmar and S China (S Yunnan), S to S Thailand and Indochina.
- pulverulentus (Temminck, 1826) - peninsular Thailand S to E Sumatra and Riau Archipelago, W Java, Borneo and N Natunas, and W Philippines (Balabac, Palawan).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Three birds foraging and calling on a dead trunk Locality Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal (ssp pulverulentus)
Stefan Behrens 2000 6 years ago 48 sec 4.8 -
A pair of birds feeding high in the canopy, calling to another nearby pair. Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp harterti)
Mark Andrews 8 February 2013 12 weeks ago 1 min 4 sec 4 -
Three birds calling while displaying in a tree. Locality Okoki, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (ssp harterti)
Josep del Hoyo 9 March 2011 1 year ago 45 sec 3.6 -
A bird climbing and foraging on a tree. Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp harterti)
Christophe Gouraud 22 November 2009 3 years ago 14 sec 2.3
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An adult female foraging in a tree.
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp harterti)
Christophe Gouraud 22 November 2009 3 years ago 3 -
An adult female foraging in a tree.
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp harterti)
Christophe Gouraud 22 November 2009 3 years ago 2.3 -
A group of five perched in a bare tree, against the evening sky
Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Robert Wynands 5 January 2001 3 years ago 1.3
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Three birds calling while displaying. Locality Okoki, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
(ssp harterti)
Josep del Hoyo 9 March 2011 1 year ago 4 -
bird calling Locality Namdapha National Park, Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Desmond Allen 1 February 1998 3 years ago 4 -
3 birds in a tree calling Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
(ssp pulverulentus)
Niels Poul Dreyer 7 January 2010 3 years ago 3
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