Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Olive-backed Woodpecker (Dinopium rafflesii) - HBW 7, p. 545
French: Pic oriflamme
German: Olivrückenspecht
Spanish: Pito Dorsioliva
Other common names: Olive-backed Three-toed Woodpecker, Raffles’s Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus Rafflesii Vigors and Horsfield, 1830, no locality = Sumatra.
Individual variation considerable, and races poorly marked, differing only in size; described race peninsulare (Malacca) considered synonymous with nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rafflesii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1830) - S Myanmar (S Tennaserim) and peninsular Thailand S to Sumatra, including Bangka.
- dulitense Delacour, 1946 - Borneo.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A female perched on a branch.
Locality Kutai National Park, East Kalimantan Province, Kalimantan (Indonesia), Borneo (ssp dulitense)
Carmelo López 24 October 2012 27 weeks ago 3.4 -
Adult
Locality Bornean Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp dulitense)
nvoaden 1 July 2009 50 weeks ago 3.2
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Two birds singing.
Locality Bornean Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
(ssp dulitense)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 1996 2 years ago 4
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