Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Greater Yellownape (Picus flavinucha) - HBW 7, p. 538
French: Pic à nuque jaune
German: Gelbnackenspecht
Spanish: Pito Nuquigualdo
Other common names: Greater/Large Yellow-naped Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus flavinucha Gould, 1834, Himalayas and lower regions of India.
Forms a superspecies with P. mentalis, which is separated altitudinally in small area of range overlap. Much individual variation in plumage tone and markings, with races intergrading, and clinal decrease in size from N to S. Birds from extreme NW of range, on average longer-winged and generally with less yellow tinge to upperparts, have been separated as race kumaonensis, but differences probably insufficient to warrant subspecific status. Proposed races archon (N Vietnam) and lylei (N & W Thailand) barely distinguishable, and features fall within range o.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with P. mentalis, which is separated altitudinally in small area of range overlap. Much individual variation in plumage tone and markings, with races intergrading, and clinal decrease in size from N to S. Birds from extreme NW of range, on average longer-winged and generally with less yellow tinge to upperparts, have been separated as race kumaonensis, but differences probably insufficient to warrant subspecific status. Proposed races archon (N Vietnam) and lylei (N & W Thailand) barely distinguishable, and features fall within range of individual variation of other races. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- flavinucha Gould, 1834 - N & E India (from N Uttar Pradesh, Orissa) E to Myanmar, S China (S Sichuan, Yunnan) and N Vietnam.
- ricketti (Styan, 1898) - Tonkin area of N Vietnam, and E to SE China (Fujian).
- pierrei Oustalet, 1889 - SE Thailand to S Vietnam.
- flavinucha Gould, 1834 - N & E India (from N Uttar Pradesh, Orissa) E to Myanmar, S China (S Sichuan, Yunnan) and N Vietnam.
- ricketti (Styan, 1898) - Tonkin area of N Vietnam, and E to SE China (Fujian).
- pierrei Oustalet, 1889 - SE Thailand to S Vietnam.
- styani (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) - Hainan I.
- wrayi (Sharpe, 1888) - Malayan highlands.
- mystacalis (Salvadori, 1879) - N Sumatra.
- korinchi (Chasen, 1940) - SW Sumatra.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Female on a tree trunk partially hidden Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (ssp flavinucha)
Greg Baker 1 March 2009 2 years ago 26 sec 3.8 -
A bird pecking on a dead tree, in search of food. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp wrayi)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 4 years ago 31 sec 3.4 -
Brief view of a male on a trunk Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (ssp flavinucha)
Greg Baker 1 March 2009 2 years ago 7 sec 3 -
A female feeding on an orange. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 4 years ago 42 sec 3
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Adult male on a log.
Locality Zoo Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (ssp mystacalis)
Tomasz Doroń 16 October 2012 29 weeks ago 3.8 -
A close-up of a female head.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 4 years ago 3.6 -
adult female
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Marco Valentini 16 March 2013 7 weeks ago 3.5 -
Greater Yellownape (Picus flavinucha) at Prague Zoo.
Locality Zoo Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Elias Neideck 26 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult male on a log.
Locality Zoo Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (ssp mystacalis)
Tomasz Doroń 16 October 2012 29 weeks ago 3.5 -
Female adult perched on tree trunk.
Locality Kumeria Forest Reserve, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp flavinucha)
Allan Hopkins 4 April 2012 1 year ago 3.4
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