White-bellied woodpecker

White-bellied woodpecker
D. j. hodgsonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dryocopus
Species:
D. javensis
Binomial name
Dryocopus javensis
(Horsfield, 1821)
Subspecies

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The white-bellied woodpecker or great black woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) is a woodpecker species inhabiting evergreen forests in tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is among the largest of the Asiatic woodpeckers and nests in large dead trees, often beside rivers. It has 14 subspecies, and many of its island forms are endangered, some are extinct. Populations differ in the distribution and extent of white. Its drums and calls are louder than those of the smaller woodpeckers.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dryocopus javensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681376A92903645. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681376A92903645.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.