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Male
Photo by MountainMan
Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, April 2006

Meiglyptes tukki

Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra and Sulawesi

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 5 subspecies:

• M. t. tukki:

• Southern Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, northern Borneo and adjacent islands

• M. t. percnerpes:

• Southern Borneo

• M. t. batu:

• Batu Islands (off western Sumatra)

• M. t. pulonis:

• Banggi Island (off northern Borneo)

• M. t. infuscatus:

• Nias Island (off north-western Sumatra)

Female
Photo by Jason Tan
Pahang, Malaysia, August 2006

Habitat

Broadleaved evergreen forest and lowland rainforest, up to 1100m.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-necked Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-necked_Woodpecker

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