Buff-rumped Woodpecker

Meiglyptes grammithorax (Malherbe, 1862)

Buff-rumped Woodpecker, Meiglyptes grammithorax, is a woodpecker of the Oriental Region, recorded from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, Bangka, the Natuna Islands and Borneo, including the north-east islands. It was described by Malherbe in 1862. Its most notable feature is the pale buff patch on the rump, which is not always easy to see. It also has a small crest, black-and-white wings, fine barring on the belly, and males show a red moustache stripe. It lives in dry forest and moist lowland forest.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Nias (w of n Sumatra), Bangka (e of s Sumatra), Natuna Is. (nw of Borneo) and Borneo including ne is.