Black-and-buff Woodpecker

Meiglyptes jugularis (Blyth, 1845)

Black-and-buff Woodpecker, Meiglyptes jugularis, is a woodpecker of the Oriental Region in Southeast Asia. It was described by Blyth in 1845. It has a patchy black-and-white pattern and a triangular crest. Males show a slight reddish tint at the base of the bill, while the two sexes are otherwise alike. It has been recorded in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It lives in lowland forests, especially open areas and forest edges. It forages alone or in pairs, and uses slender branches and leaf clusters.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

Oriental Region: se Asia