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Banded Woodpecker
Chrysophlegma miniaceum (Pennant, 1769)
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Banded Woodpecker, Chrysophlegma miniaceum, is a woodpecker of the Oriental Region, breeding in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. It belongs to the family Picidae and was described by Pennant in 1769. It is a bird of lowland forest, especially primary rainforest, and also uses secondary growth, plantations, mangroves, parks, wooded suburbs and overgrown gardens. The species is mainly associated with dense cover and can also be found higher in the canopy. Its range is centred in tropical southeastern Asia.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo
